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Unlike most writers we hear about from the 1800s, Twain was actually pretty famous and respected in his day...although not for his real name, of co...

Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president four different times, and he even led the country from a wheelchair. You can bet he was a pretty amazin...

Don't get your hopes up,this guy isn't here to pump you up with his brother, Hans. Franz was more into pumping you down, with dark and scary storie...

Orwell had a lot of pretty dismal views about what the world could be like in the future Good thing they didn't come true...or did they? Nah, we do...

We're still waiting for our biography to come out. We're sure someone out there is working on it. We should be famous any day now. Just y...

They did name the teddy bear after the him after all...so you could probably have guessed that he did some pretty cool stuff. Grab your teddy and h...

Tsss...Eliot, right? What did he ever do? Oh, apparently a lot. Thanks for jumping on that one, Video.

Arthur Miller may have been wrongfully imprisoned for being a communist, written some incredibly famous plays, and had a writing career that spanne...

Today we're learning all about Flannery O'Connor, who didn't even let death stop her from winning tons of awards for her writing. Seriously, it too...

Float like a butterfly, sting like an actually pretty effective diplomat.

Prison isn't great, but it was a whole lot worse before Dorothy Dix came around and said, "Wow. No. Change this."

Wonder Woman... Black Widow... Fannie Lou Hamer... Yeah, it's kind of got that superhero ring to it, doesn't it?

Roger Sherman was basically America's first stepparent: mostly under-recognized, prone to trying a little too hard, and simultaneously loved and ha...

A word to the wise: if you want a long and vibrant career in filmmaking, don't start with Nazi propaganda.

Static shocks aren't so bad after getting struck by lightening 3 times, right, Roy Sullivan?

Hail, Ceasar! Ceasar Chavez, not the salad.