MIT has a long tradition of hacks, and among the first documented hacks in the 1870s for marching practice: > in which students sprinkled iodide of nitrogen ov

MIT has a long tradition of hacks, and among the first documented hacks in the 1870s for marching practice: > in which students sprinkled iodide of nitrogen over the grounds of a military drill, causing explosions under classmates' boots. https://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2012/02/mit_pranks_from_giant_torpedoes_to_stolen_police_cars_.html https://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2012/02/mit_p...