Student Jokes That Were as Risky as They Were Hilarious

The More You Know

• The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
• The Canary Islands are named after dogs, not birds.
• The tongue is the only muscle in the body attached from one end.
• Both volleyball and basketball were invented in Massachusetts.