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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)