Harvard

One gram of DNA can theoretically hold 215 petabytes — roughly 200 million movies. Its four bases act as a base-4 storage medium. In 2017, George Church's Harvard team stored a short film and images in DNA and retrieved them without errors. Properly stored, DNA can last millennia.

In 1939, a Harvard freshman swallowed a live goldfish on a $10 bet, sparking a craze across American universities. The rivalry escalated to a record of 89 fish, and an "Intercollegiate Goldfish Gulping Association" was even founded to ensure fair competition.