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Can you really learn about human nature by removing yourself from the company of other humans? Henry David Thoreau thought it was a possibility and...

If you really want to let your hair down, Walden Pond is the place for you...unless you like that hair to be clean and full of volume, because ther...

Maybe it's just us, but we don't like to put off our dreams. After all, who knows? Tomorrow night, we might not want to have hands that are giant m...

We were so moved by Angelina Jolie's overseas adoptions that we created a proposal to bring foreign-born children over by the thousands! Think abou...

Martin Luther King, Jr. was way more than a speech man.

It's called "Self-Reliance." What could it possibly be about?

Well, if this book doesn't make you want to tape over your laptop camera, we don't know what will.

By the end of this video, you will be brainwashed. There's nothing you can do about it; we just wanted to let you know. We like to think we're bigg...

It may be the best of times for Chuck Darnay, but it's pretty much constantly the worst of times for Sydney. Poor guy.

Aren't midsummer night dreams the worst? You wake up all sweaty and gross, and for a minute there, you can't even remember where you are. And also,...

This video summarizes the play A Raisin in the Sun. It discusses the Youngers, members of an African-American family trying to better themselves wh...

We're not sure if good ol' Shakespeare would endorse The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, but that's not going to stop us from hosting themed viewing...

Indecision may or may not be this man's biggest problem. All he can do is go left or right. It's not that big of a deal...or is it?

And you thought a nymph was a naturally lovely woodland creature. To be fair, so did we. But boy did Jonathan Swift prove us wrong.

Imagine if dreams really could come true. This is the question that Langston Hughes ponders in his poem "Dream Deferred."

Folk tales are all about conveying a deeper meaning—no banjos required. Arabian Nights is one of the most famous collections, so get ready to lea...

Can you imagine some little guy who's constantly up in your business, criticizing your every move, and always trying to make you feel bad about you...

Guy in a black leotard. In a cage. Not eating. Weird? Yes. Popular? Absolutely. Kafka's short story includes iconic artist-figures: a mouse singer...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech has stood the test of time, and we think it always will.

This was Barack Obama’s original campaign slogan, but it didn’t test all that well with the voters.