Today I learned that the University of Balamand in Lebanon has a "Staircase to Knowledge" β each step is a book, most of them classics, leading up to the library.
Today I learned that when Richard Feynman couldn't take any calculus courses in high school, he decided to teach himself calculus and made his own calculus book from his notes.
TIL UC Berkeley has 7 parking spots reserved exclusively for Nobel laureates who get free parking for life. Winning a Nobel to get a parking spot... makes sense to me as a motivation.