(Difficult) Fun Facts
Before & After
The Periodic Table
OU OH YEAH... AGAIN! (2x)
100

This horse race is the oldest continuous sporting event in the US

Kentucky Derby

100

Daft Punk's 2013 Grammy-winner meets a magically delicious breakfast cereal with a leprechaun mascot

Get Lucky Charms

100

This is the most prevalent element in Earth's atmosphere

Nitrogen

100

This structure, which all freshman walk through after Freshman Convocation to signify the start of their journey as a Bobcat, was a gift from the Class of 1915

Alumni Gateway

200

This human organ is the only is the only one that can fully regenerate itself

Liver

200

An iconic Prince song wears a garment used to protect from the elements

Purple Raincoat
200

Bananas are often noted for having a lot of this element

Potassium

200

Now housing Scripps College of Communication, this building used to be the original Baker University Center

Schoonover Center

300

This African country has more pyramids than any other country in the world

Sudan

300

The most up-to-date version of America's largest city

Brand New York City

300

Sodium chloride, more commonly known as this, is an ionic compound fittingly consisting of one sodium ion and one chloride ion

Salt

300

This oldest academic building at Ohio University is also home to the office of the President (hint: it's in the center of College Green)

Cutler Hall

400

Winds on this furthest planet from the Sun can reach up to 1,200 miles per hour

Neptune

400

Breakfast dish commonly smothered in Hollandaise sauce eaten by an English actor who played Sherlock Holmes

Eggs Benedict Cumberbatch

400

This is the only element to be named after a US city

Berkelium

400

Following devastating flooding in Athens in this year, the US Army Corps of Engineers began work on rerouting a portion of the Hocking River, a project that would be completed only three years later

1968

500

In 1971, this astronaut played golf on the moon

Alan Shepard

500

Cornell University's athletes listen to a Chappell Roan hit single

Big Red Wine Supernova

500

This is the only letter to not be found in any of the elements' symbols

J

500

The first graduate of Ohio University, this man would later become a prominent US senator and advisor to four presidents

Thomas Ewing