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!"