<p>Let's see what random facts I can scrounge up...</p>
<p>Well, the Sciences Library has lots of interesting lore. Anyone who has toured will probably remember at least one or two things from this list, but they're fun enough to be worth repeating.</p>
<p>1) The top of it is the highest point in Providence--which, as my friend once said to me, probably says more about Providence than the library.</p>
<p>2) A few years ago, some of the residents of Technology House embarked on a large project in which they strung christmas lights in all of the windows of the south wall of the library and programmed the world's second largest game of Tetris ever (the largest was at a university in the Netherlands, but theirs only lasted a week and ours lasted several months, so we win). Brown students at it again, combining ridiculous intelligence with ridiculous randomness and creativity.</p>
<p>3) The 13th floor of the sciences library was recognized in the 80s by Playboy magazine as one of the top places in the U.S. to have sex. (Don't ask why or even if; beats me.)</p>
<p>4) At the end of each semester, during reading period before exams, naked students visit the libraries unannounced and hand out donuts to their peers while they're studying. Traditionally, their anonymity is very well-protected; the identities of the "naked donut runners" are almost always kept within the walls of the library by those who were served.</p>
<p>5) Last year, an enormous mural of a donkey in a boat arrived on the library and spent several months with us. While there was eventually a plaque explaining the piece of art and its maker, it was never discussed by the university, no one really knew about it until it was already up, and overall, it was basically the most random thing ever to see. Pictures at <a href="http://www.dadeweb.com/pics/brown/2004-04-16s/%5B/url%5D">http://www.dadeweb.com/pics/brown/2004-04-16s/</a>. It was truly something to behold, and those of us at Brown during the time would likely all say that the SciLi simply isn't as lively without our old friend.</p>
<p>6) And finally, the classic: the stairwell of the 14-floor SciLi is a different color for each floor, color-coded according to the pH scale. It has been said (many, many, many times) that the books get more basic as you go up.</p>
<p>Ah, brown...</p>