Happy Smoot Day! Sixty-five years ago today, members of MIT's Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity measured the Massachusetts Ave. bridge with their shortest pledge, Oliver Smoot '62. The result? 364.4 smoots plus or minus one ear, and the creation of the smoot, a beloved unit of measurement. At the link in the bio, read about when the smoot became a term in the dictionary. . . . #ThisIsMIT #AroundMIT #MITAlum #Smoot #Smoots