To get everyone ready for school, I've thrown in a few facts that are related to academia. If you're on a different spring break schedule than I am, (or not on one at all), just enjoy the opportunity to seem smarter than you are by quoting these.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal.
The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."
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