We all like to blow off steam, in our own ways. Some do yoga, some run, whereas others eat vast quantities of ice cream while killing brain cells with House reruns (was that an overshare?). MIT students do it in a way all their own, complete with a test of gravity, aerodynamics, and mass destruction. Sort of.
Every year, MIT undergrads celebrate the last day they can drop a class without it appearing on their transcript by, appropriately enough, dropping a piano from the top of a building.
HT Bostonist
And this is far from the only time of the year that MIT students scale great heights and push the envelope of good behavior, albeit in a geeky way. For a pictorial tour of MIT Senior class pranks, click here.