Here are some little-known facts about the fraternities and sororities at Hopkins:
Sig Ep has a chocolate factory in their basement.
Alpha Phi counts among its alumni Diana Ross, Marie Curie, Madeleine Albright, Evander Holyfield and Shakira.
The big fat Goombah who just won back the hot dog-eating title is in AEPi.
So is the tiny Japanese dude he defeated for it.
One of the founding members of Pike led an extraordinary life, which was later the basis for a hit movie.
Richard Szkowski was a simple man with little brain activity but good intentions.
He struggled through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His mama taught him the ways of life and left him to choose his destiny.
Richard joined the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends named Dan and Bubba. He won medals, started a table tennis craze, created a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspired people to jog, created the smiley, wrote bumper stickers and songs, donated to people and causes and met the president several times.
However this was all irrelevant to Richard who could only think of his childhood sweetheart, Jenny, who had messed up her life. Although, in the end, all he wanted to prove was that anyone can love anyone. The film based on Szkowski's life, Waterworld, has been credited with single-handedly reviving John Travolta's career.
Phi Mu members are 78 percent more likely to list "Legally Blonde 5: Elle Goes to Therapy and Works Through Some Serious Sh*t" as one of their favorite movies.
WaWa is well-known for its creative, absurd and nearly-impossible pledge tasks, which have been given such cryptic codenames as "doing your homework," "eating dark, leafy greens" and "getting consent."
Beta is a front for the Communist Party of America.
Phi Psi alumni include Michael Bloomberg, Scooby Doo and Captain Verigible Crunch.
Past Sigma Chi rush events have included five-mile jogs, humanitarian relief missions to Delaware and the Cold War.
Phi Mu members are 33 percent more likely to point to Elle Woods as a role model whose determination, intelligence and tenacity they would like to mimic while going through their divorces.
How many Kappa Kappa Gamma members does it take to screw in a light bulb? None. Their fingers are incandescent so they don't need light bulbs.
Sig Ep does not give their pledges bids; it gives them golden tickets.
How many Thetas does it take to screw in a light bulb? Wait - you know a guy named Light Bulb?
The Fiji house is rumored to be the site of both a former missile silo and a sacred Indian burial ground. Legend has it that during a full moon you can still hear Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicking Winston Churchill in the face.
Phi Mu members are 16 percent less likely not to be in an ironic Facebook marriage with Elle Woods.
The Sig Ep house is rumored to have an elevator that can move horizontally as well as vertically.
The basement of the former WaWa house was used as the set for the episode of Seinfeld in which George, Jerry Kramer and Elaine are lost in a parking garage.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Sig Chi house has the highest George-Foreman-Grill-to-Human ratio in the country.
The Ziploc bag was invented by a former member of Alpha Phi.
How many members of Sig Ep does it take to screw in a light bulb? None, you idiot. The heat from the bulbs would melt all the chocolate.
The Beta house is on record as the only private residence in Maryland with a urinal.
Phi Psi members are 24 percent more likely to own a digital camera than dead people.
How many members of Phi Mu does it take to screw in a light bulb? Elle Woods.
