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A fact from Caltech–MIT rivalry appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 October 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a 1.7-ton, 130-year-old cannon (pictured) was stolen and transported 3000 miles from Pasadena to Cambridge as part of the Caltech–MIT rivalry?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Caltech–MIT rivalry.

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This reads like an ad for both schools

I am an alum of one of the schools. This reads like an ad for both, appealing to nerdy high school seniors by distracting them with trifles to hide high rates of binge drinking, suicide, etc. MIT has done hacks for a long time, but this "rivalry" is only recent (there is a much longer history of hacks against Harvard). Is there some kind of sock puppetry / astroturfing going on here by the advertising wings of either or both schools?

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 {{dyktalk|3 October|2012|entry=... that a 1.7-ton, 130-year-old [[House System at the California Institute of Technology#Fleming Cannon|cannon]] ''(pictured)'' was [[Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology|stolen and transported]] 3000 miles from [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] to [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] as part of the '''[[Caltech–MIT rivalry]]'''?}}
+== This reads like an ad for both schools ==
+I am an alum of one of the schools.  This reads like an ad for both, appealing to nerdy high school seniors by distracting them with trifles to hide high rates of binge drinking, suicide, etc.  MIT has done hacks for a long time, but this "rivalry" is only recent (there is a much longer history of hacks against Harvard).  Is there some kind of sock puppetry / astroturfing going on here by the advertising wings of either or both schools?