There's a theory floating around that suggests Galileo discovered Neptune 234 freaking years before its official discovery, but it's in an anagram out there somewhere that has yet to be decoded. Of course, that creates the possibility that it will never be figured out. There's something strange in your neighborhood. He designed it with techniques that supposedly harnessed the energies of the "Divine Architect" and "Geometer of the Universe." There was something about a Keymaster and Gatekeeper, too. According to Factor, Charles Ulricson, the architect behind Old Main, built it to be a giant Mason good luck charm.
Professor Lance Factor, aside from having a name that sounds like a television game show, believes that he's discovered coded evidence that Knox College's Old Main building was built in honor of, you guessed it, goddamned Freemasonry. Honest Abe got his doctorate there, kind of, and the Old Main building is the only site from the Lincoln-Douglas debates that lasted longer than the GOP's reputation for being "Lincolny." These used to be the most interesting facts about Knox College, until one professor became bored enough that he just began staring at the walls and the grounds for hours on end, and discovered something comparatively astonishing. If you're planning an extraordinarily boring road trip through Galesburg, Illinois, you may want to swing by Knox College of Liberal Arts.