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A group of 18th-century anatomists dissect a body.

What began as a routine renovation revealed Harvard's history of body snatching.

Mary Janes have an early-20th-century comic strip to thank for their name.

Maybe you’ll find your major on the list.

According to Google data, these are the top majors people are researching.

The humanities aren't in first place.

Princeton comes in first place for the second year in a row.

A Los Angeles high school turned out to be a hotbed for fossils.

Millions of fossils, from shells to the largest known shark species, were unearthed beneath San Pedro High School.

In honor of Banned Books Week, the ALA published its list of 2023’s most contentious titles.

Being an astronaut isn’t as glamorous as you were led to believe.

In the latest episode of The List Show, we’re tackling some fun facts—and the occasional harsh truth—about the careers you imagined for yourself as a kid.

To curb teen pregnancies, schools in the ‘80s forced kids to care for another delicate dependent: an egg.

Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Seven of the eight Ivy League schools make the list.

Chalkboards have given way to dry-erase boards and smart boards.

From book straps to dunce caps, these obsolete items may make you feel really young … or really old.

There's definitely some learning going on in there.

This ranking of America’s best community colleges considers everything from tuition rates to postgrad salaries.

Some kids are already hitting the books while other are still relaxing at home.

If you've ever wondered how varied back-to-school start dates are across the country, you've come to the right place.

Caffeinated instant ramen is destined to fuel many all-nighters.

You can now get your caffeine fix in noodle form.

Ithaca, New York, has a lot of offer college students. As do Amsterdam, Netherlands and Edinburgh, Scotland.

The Radcliffe Camera at the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world.

While many of these hallowed halls have gone through changes over the years, they remain among the oldest universities still operating.

Some college degrees are better investments than others.

Unsurprisingly, engineers dominate the list.

These schools, from pharmacy institutions to Ivy League mainstays, give you the best bang for your buck.

This cheeky euphemism was kicking around years before Bart ever used it on “The Simpsons,” but it prompted some significant backlash in the early ‘90s.