College Historical "facts" and probable tall tales

<p>Eva Balogh. There’s a name I haven’t seen in a long time. I took Eastern European History from her. I liked her, but the textbook was the most boring, poorly written history book I had ever read.</p>

<p>Fact: at least as late as 1975, there were air raid shelters underneath some of the buildings at Yale (I came across a couple while steam-tunneling), stocked with supplies bearing dates from the late 1950’s, including syringes and hypodermic needles.</p>

<p>Myth (I think): the steam tunnels all narrowed considerably when they got near the secret society “tombs,” to prevent people from sneaking into the basements.</p>