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I am '''''so''''' tempted to do a page all about the Michigan Institute of Taxidermy, and its humanities department (situated further up the Charles River), but I guess I had better not... :-) [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 02:42, 25 April 2018 (CEST)
 
I am '''''so''''' tempted to do a page all about the Michigan Institute of Taxidermy, and its humanities department (situated further up the Charles River), but I guess I had better not... :-) [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 02:42, 25 April 2018 (CEST)
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: There are also about a dozen "''M... Institute of Technology''"s, so you have a lot of work ahead of you! [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 07:12, 25 April 2018 (CEST)
 
: There are also about a dozen "''M... Institute of Technology''"s, so you have a lot of work ahead of you! [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 07:12, 25 April 2018 (CEST)
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: You might not know the 'back story' behind part of the above. At several points, Harvard tried to get MIT to become part of Harvard, as its Science/Engineering department. (This really happened.) So the story at MIT (not sure if this actually happened in real life) is that MIT counter-offered, to have Harvard become MIT's humanities department... :-) [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 14:22, 25 April 2018 (CEST)

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The Other MIT

I am so tempted to do a page all about the Michigan Institute of Taxidermy, and its humanities department (situated further up the Charles River), but I guess I had better not... :-) Jnc (talk) 02:42, 25 April 2018 (CEST)

There are also about a dozen "M... Institute of Technology"s, so you have a lot of work ahead of you! Larsbrinkhoff (talk) 07:12, 25 April 2018 (CEST)
You might not know the 'back story' behind part of the above. At several points, Harvard tried to get MIT to become part of Harvard, as its Science/Engineering department. (This really happened.) So the story at MIT (not sure if this actually happened in real life) is that MIT counter-offered, to have Harvard become MIT's humanities department... :-) Jnc (talk) 14:22, 25 April 2018 (CEST)