The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, is credited with revitalizing an entire city — the 'Bilbao effect.'

About 30% of people meet their partner through friends.

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

Ganesha, the elephant-headed Hindu deity, is the god of new beginnings, wisdom, and the remover of obstacles.

Dressage — precision horse riding — scores horses and riders on over 30 individual movements in a freestyle routine.

Roughly 10% of people are left-handed.

The Ramayana, one of Hinduism's great epics, tells of Prince Rama's quest to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.

In Greek mythology, the Fates (Moirai) spun, measured, and cut the thread of every mortal life.

Manga's distinctive large eyes were popularized by Osamu Tezuka, inspired partly by Disney characters like Bambi.