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TIL dunkin donuts donuts used to have a handle on them to dunk the donuts

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Org4 TIL that in MIT students once put a police car on top of MIT’s dome overnight with the flashing warning lights still in operation with a dummy policeman inside holding a box of donuts and coffee.
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