- ...that Penny Neer, 1982 AIAW discus champion and one of the top U.S. discus throwers, also blocked 64 shots for the University of Michigan women's basketball team?
- ...that in 2004, running back Mike Hart broke Ricky Powers' Michigan Wolverines freshman rushing record and matched Jon Vaughn, the only other Michigan back with consecutive 200-yard games?
- ...that the Western State Normal Railroad (replica car pictured) is the only known railroad built by a university and the only funicular operated in Michigan?