Does he eat that much chocolate?

Nah.

The lesser known, higher educated cousin of the Highlander premise.

I think you can combine the two. It's basically places where anybody capable can easily become a grad student and have enough spending money as a grad student to buy chocolate whenever they want.

(Edit: plus some historical bias since they've been giving out Nobel Prizes for more than a century)

Niece playes Smash. Calls DK "Donkey Donk". I corrected her for awhile, then I decided her way was really better.