W.H. Auden’s 1941 Syllabus Asked Students to Read 32 Great Literary Works, Totaling 6,000 Pages

https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/w-h-audens-1941-syllabus-asked-students-to-read-32-great-literary-works-totaling-6000-pages.html

Archaeologists Discover a 2,400-Year-Old Skeleton Mosaic That Urges People to “Be Cheerful and Live Your Life”

https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/archaeologists-discover-a-2400-year-old-skeleton-mosaic.html

People in the Middle Ages Slept Not Once But Twice Each Night: How This Lost Practice Was Rediscovered

https://www.openculture.com/2022/01/people-in-the-middle-ages-slept-not-once-but-twice-each-night.html

David Foster Wallace’s Famous Commencement Speech “This is Water” Visualized in a Short Film

https://www.openculture.com/2013/05/david_foster_wallaces_2005_commencement_speech_this_is_water_visualized_in_new_short_film.html

Cab Calloway Stars in “Minnie the Moocher,” a Trippy Betty Boop Cartoon That’s Ranked as the 20th Greatest Cartoon of All Time (1932)

https://www.openculture.com/2017/06/cab-calloway-in-minnie-the-moocher-the-trippy-betty-boop-cartoon.html

Watch 66 Oscar-Nominated-and-Award-Winning Animated Shorts Online, Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada

https://www.openculture.com/2019/02/watch-66-oscar-nominated-and-award-winning-animated-shorts-online.html

Recipes from the Kitchen of Georgia O’Keeffe

https://www.openculture.com/2020/10/recipes-from-the-kitchen-of-georgia-okeeffe.html

Mary Tyler Moore Accidentally Nails a Perfect Pool Shot on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1962)

https://www.openculture.com/2024/12/mary-tyler-moore-accidentally-nails-a-perfect-pool-shot-on-the-dick-van-dyke-show-1962.html

9‑Year-Old Edward Hopper Draws a Picture on the Back of His 3rd Grade Report Card

https://www.openculture.com/2024/05/9-year-old-edward-hopper-draws-a-picture-on-the-back-of-his-third-grade-report-card.html

Hannah Arendt Explains Why Democracies Need to Safeguard the Free Press & Truth … to Defend Themselves Against Dictators and Their Lies

https://www.openculture.com/2019/11/hannah-arendt-explains-why-democracies-must-safeguard-the-free-press-truth.html