Probably the craziest thing that happened at my Uni was that we had this "moat" around my campus dorm that was absolutely foul, and we always used to joke about how disgusting it was and dare each other to swim it, then in my third year scientists actually found an as-yet-undiscovered new virus in there:
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/pandoravirus-found-in-la-trobe-uni-pond-20130726-2qof0.html
Last edited by curl-6 - on 13 November 2020