Kyrgyzstan's national epic — the Manas — is 500,000 lines long, making it the longest epic poem in the world.

More people in the world have access to a mobile phone than to a toilet.

Fencing's three weapons — épée, foil, and sabre — each have different target areas and scoring rules.

The labyrinth of Crete, in Greek myth, was designed by Daedalus to contain the Minotaur.

Mozart could write music before he could write words — he composed his first piece at age 5.

Tiger Woods has won 82 PGA Tour events, tied for the all-time record with Sam Snead.

The fastest Olympic swim races are completed in under 25 seconds.

Opera was invented in Florence around 1600, originally as an attempt to recreate ancient Greek theater.

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