SHOCKING Little-Known Facts About America's TOP Universities!
by Jason Toon
- In 1991, the Linguistics and Philosophy Department at M.I.T. was suspended for three years for NCAA recruiting violations.
- Memorial Stadium at the University of Nebraska has more toilets than Guatemala.
- Since 1872, every commencement address at Vanderbilt University has ended with the phrase "in my pants."
- Gonzaga University was named for Bartholomew of Gonzaga, patron saint of soffit and fascia.
- "Princeton University" was a hoax created by Woodrow Wilson to pad out his resume. When he feared that the press would uncover the secret, he hastily assembled an actual university.
- At Johns Hopkins University, every January 31st is officially "Baby Talk Day".
- In 1969, two University of Missouri students were arrested for streaking through the men's showers.
- Columbia University was created as a front for laundering counterfeit-handbag profits.
- After a tough loss in the 1985 Big Ten championship tournament, Indiana coach Bobby Knight ate most of two tires off of the Purdue team bus.
- Incoming freshmen at Arizona State University are required to take a course in safe vomiting.
