1. Eight US presidents graduated from Harvard, including President Barack Obama.
2. Eight Harvard alumni signed the Declaration of Independence.
3. Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore were roommates as freshman at Harvard.
4. Harvard Students have nicknamed the famous Statue of John Harvard “The Statue of Three Lies.”
Why? The statue isn’t actually of John Harvard, John Harvard didn’t actually found Harvard University, and Harvard wasn’t founded in 1638. Still, Harvard students rub the statue’s toe for good luck before exams. That’s why it’s so shiny.
5. Harvard was the first college built in the US, founded in 1636.
