TIL that MIT and CalTech maintain a "bitter" rivalry despite being 3,000 miles apart. Unlike most rivalries, it's based largely on pranks--including the theft and transport of an antique cannon from one campus to the other, and the appearance of a "TARDIS" on top of a student hall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltech%E2%80%93MIT_rivalry



Submitted April 19, 2015 at 06:02PM by Sanhael http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/334cyl/til_that_mit_and_caltech_maintain_a_bitter/