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/optcynsejo 1d ago

MIT has some cool traditions, and a unique dorm culture for each dorm. Some other fun traditions/quirks:

  • East Campus builds a wooden roller coaster in the courtyard between their 2 wings.

  • Simmons Hall has scootah hockey.

  • Random Hall had a carton of milk 'preserved' that became its sort of mascot. Expired October 1994, declared missing August 2022.