The Impressionists were rejected by the official Paris Salon — they organized their own exhibitions in response.

Ennio Morricone composed over 500 film scores — his work for spaghetti westerns remains iconic.

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Beethoven's Fifth Symphony opens with one of the most recognizable motifs in classical music — four notes long.

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In Chinese mythology, the Jade Emperor rules heaven and earth from his celestial palace.

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Most people will earn over $1 million total during their lifetime.

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Gymnast Simone Biles has performed skills in competition so advanced they were named after her.

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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

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The British punk rock movement of the 1970s was partly an artistic and political reaction to economic decline.

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Beethoven continued composing music after becoming deaf.

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