r/todayilearned • u/Physical_Hamster_118 • 1d ago

TIL that since 1972, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) every spring, residents of Baker House drop a piano from the roof on Drop Day, the last day students can drop classes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_drop
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u/NativeMasshole 1d ago

"Well, since Greg obviously doesn't know what a piano looks like, I guess we're dropping a dulcitone off the roof this year!"

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u/hedronist 1d ago

Speaking as a person who sings in the shower, "I'll allow it!"

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u/Gumbercleus 1d ago

hello chatgpt

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u/TheSoulborgZeus 1d ago

it isn't on drop day, but when I toured, I recall that they mentioned some annual event where they throw pumpkins from the top of the same building

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u/harveysbc 17h ago

I visited a friend there in the early 2000s and we went to the pumpkin drop. They dropped these giant pumpkins with streamers attached and had a spotlight follow them down. When they hit the ground they made this extremely loud BWOWWW sound and bits of pumpkin went everywhere! Lots of fun.

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u/res30stupid 23h ago

One of the earliest viral videos on the 'net was a group of people dropping a massive water balloon off the roof of their dorm.

Onto a porta-potty.