Buddhism has no single creator god — the Buddha was an enlightened human, not a deity.

The Twitter bird's official name is Larry, named after Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics.

Mozart began composing music at age five.

Hip-hop is now the most-consumed music genre in the United States by streaming volume.

John Cage's 4'33" consists of four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence — performed in concert halls.

The Talmud is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism — a compilation of legal, ethical, and ritual discussions.

The fastest recorded tennis serve exceeded 150 miles per hour.

The didgeridoo, played by Aboriginal Australians, may be the world's oldest wind instrument — over 40,000 years old.

The human voice is the only musical instrument capable of producing language simultaneously with music.