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Top 10 Most Legendary College Pranks of All-Time for April Fools’ Day

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At NEC Labs America, we celebrate innovation in all forms—even the brilliantly engineered college prank. From MIT’s police car on the Great Dome to Caltech hacking the Rose Bowl, these legendary stunts showcase next-level planning, stealth, and technical genius. Our Top 10 list honors the creativity behind pranks that made history (and headlines). This April Fools’ Day, we salute the hackers, makers, and mischief-makers who prove that brilliance can be hilarious.

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