In 1958, MIT fraternity pledges measured the Harvard Bridge by laying freshman Oliver Smoot down end to end as a human measuring stick. Their final measurement?

In 1958, MIT fraternity pledges measured the Harvard Bridge by laying freshman Oliver Smoot down end to end as a human measuring stick. Their final measurement? 364.4 Smoots + 1 ear, a measurement that is still marked on the bridge today. The markings are still repainted today and have even become …