Those College Crazes That No One Can Explain

Of course, college crazes are nothing new. In the 1950s, students stuffed themselves in phone booths to see how many bodies they could cram inside; in the 1970s, students streaked naked across campus. But 1939 featured a trend unlike any other. Students bet goldfish as if they were poker chips, constantly raising the stakes by downing more fish than the previous record-holder. Some goldfish gulpers paired their scaly little victims with chasers or condiments. Read more at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/02/1939-the-year-of-goldfish-gulping/252675/