Duke Ellington elevated jazz to concert music — blurring the line between popular and classical forms.

The sitar, fundamental to Indian classical music, has 21 strings — 7 played and 14 sympathetic.

Pelé scored over 1,000 career goals, though many came in unofficial matches — his official FIFA-recognized total is 757.

Shamanism — the practice of entering altered states to interact with spiritual worlds — is found on every inhabited continent.

The oldest known musical instrument is a flute carved from a vulture bone, found in Germany and dated to 40,000 years ago.

Chocolate was once used as currency by the ancient Aztecs.

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

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

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