The 'Starry Night' was painted by Van Gogh while in an asylum — he could see the night sky from his room.

The color red has been used in art and ritual for over 75,000 years, as evidenced by ochre pigments found in South African caves.

Nearly half of adults worldwide have less than $10,000 in wealth.

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has been world champion since 2013 and has the highest Elo rating in history.

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

Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 — a first for a songwriter.

Angels appear in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Zoroastrianism — a shared feature of Abrahamic traditions.

The word 'checkmate' in chess comes from the Persian phrase 'Shah Mat' meaning 'the king is dead.'

The concept of hell as a place of punishment varies dramatically across world religions — Buddhism's naraka is temporary, not eternal.