College Facts

Research shows that women with higher levels of education are significantly more likely to report enjoying both giving and receiving oral sex compared to those with less education.

A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about 65% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma, a gap that has remained remarkably consistent for decades.

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college drop out.

In 1987, an 18-year-old freshman named Mike Hayes funded his education by asking 2.8 million people for one penny.

Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.

In 2014, a college in upstate New York started offering classes on the sociology of Miley Cyrus.

In 1982, a Texas college student named Gregory Watson got a C on a paper arguing that a 1789 amendment by James Madison had no deadline and could still pass. He spent ten years writing letters to state lawmakers, and in 1992 it became the 27th Amendment. In 2017, his professor signed off on changing his grade to an A. Madison's amendment has been in the Constitution ever since.

At his 2019 Morehouse College commencement address, billionaire Robert F. Smith announced his family would pay off the student loan debt of the entire graduating class. The gift covered all 396 seniors and ultimately totalled $34 million - including Parent PLUS loans. He told them: 'I know my class will pay this forward.'

Brian Boles was 17 when police handcuffed him to a chair for two days and fed him a false confession to a crime he didn't commit. He spent 30 years locked up - and used that time to enroll in the Bard Prison Initiative. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology two months before a judge officially cleared his name.

Shaquille O'Neal is also a touring festival DJ. He started spinning records as a college student at LSU. Today the 7-foot-1 Hall of Famer performs as DJ Diesel, a bass-heavy electronic act. He has played Tomorrowland in Belgium and Lollapalooza in Chicago, and in 2023 he released a full album. He still tours, playing clubs, festivals and college campuses.

Steve Martin once ended a college show by leading his audience out of the building. He found a drained swimming pool and told everyone to get in. Then he announced he would swim across the top of them, and the crowd stiff-armed him over their heads as he swam. That was the early 1970s, and he went home that night thinking something good had happened.