The 'model minority' stereotype applied to Asian Americans masks enormous diversity and causes real harm.

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

Elvis Presley never wrote any of his songs — he was almost entirely a performer.

Many world mythologies feature a world tree connecting different realms — Yggdrasil in Norse myth, Ashvattha in Hinduism.

Beethoven continued composing music after becoming deaf.

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

The Tour de France is one of the most famous cycling races in the world.

The Olympic rings represent five inhabited continents.

The concept of karma — actions determining future circumstances — appears in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism.