picaresquity:

This is MINDBLOWING.

One of my friends ran into me after class with a trivia tidbit: in the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, when it shows a shot of the exterior of the prep school that Will and the Banks kids attend, it’s actually a stock photo of a building right here on the UChicago campus.

To verify, my friend Emma and I went home immediately to do some research. That is, we sat on her couch and watched as many episodes we had time for.

IT IS TRUE. They used a stock photo of Ryerson Hall at the University of Chicago.

Amazing.