13 Reasons Why UNC Is The Perfect Place To Throw Back

UNC Chapel Hill has been making history and taking names for the past 224 years. Here's to 224 more.

1. Let's start with the obvious...

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OLDEST PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN AMERICA! REPRESENT! Can't throw back much further than that! And while we technically share the title with the College of William and Mary and the University of Georgia, we were the first to open to the public.

2. We gave you Space Jam

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(Kind of). Do you see that magnificent man in the gif above? Well sit down son and let me tell you about Michael Jordan. This man was co-star to America's favorite talking rabbit and former shooting guard on America's favorite team (Go Heels!). And we all know that it was the coaching of the legendary Dean Smith that gave Jordan the know-how to defeat the evil Nerdlucks and save the Looney Tunes.

3. Bringing you the best rivalry in college sports since 1920

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So maybe you've heard of a little rivalry between the Tar Heels and the Blue Devils. It may be 93 years since we first met on the court, but our rivalry with d00k is still strong as ever.

4. Have you heard us sing?

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Have you seen Pitch Perfect? Of course you have. You loved it. On our campus, a capella groups like the Clefhangers and the Loreleis are the stuff of legends. Aca-scuse me?

5. We knew Andy before he was a (fake) sheriff

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Andy Griffith (aka Sheriff Andy Taylor) was cruising down the UNC campus long before he was patrolling the streets of Mayberry

6. Bend it like Hamm

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Before entering the National Soccer Hall of Fame, before winning FIFA World Player of the Year (twice!) and before winning gold at the Olympics, Mia Hamm kicked butt on the UNC women's soccer team.

7. STREAKERS

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Legend has it that if you're in Davis Library or the UL during exam week, you may just catch sight of some bare bottoms.

8. Home of the Best Burgers since 1923

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Have you ever had a burger from Sutton's Drug Store? No? WELL DROP WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING AND GET OVER HERE PRONTO.

9. More Movie Magic

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That's right. Patch Adams was filmed right here in good ol' Chapel Hill.

10. Carolina In My Mind

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Have you heard of James Taylor, five-time Grammy award winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer? He's a Tar Heel.

11. The Sacred Bi-Annual Davis Library Rave

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Because what else are you supposed to do in a library during finals week?

12. Remember that time we won the NCAA National Championship in 2009?

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Good times.

13. And did we mention Space Jam?

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