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Silence is golden you say?
How’s this for creepy science fiction in real life: The anechoic chamber at Orfield Labratories is the quietest place on earth. So quiet you can hear your internal organs. So quiet, people start to hallucinate after 30 minutes in the room.
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The longest that anyone has survived in the ‘anechoic chamber’ at Orfield Laboratories in South Minneapolis is just 45 minutes.
It’s 99.99 per cent sound absorbent and holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s quietest place, but stay there too long and you may start hallucinating.”
Read the rest of the article here. It’s a quick article.
When hubby told me about this the other day, I immediately said “I wanna go!”. he said people hallucinate there. Now I really, really want to go!
A Chicago public school has banned lunches brought from home (exceptions made for students with allergies). I’m really, really hoping this is a hoax, but it’s looking pretty legit.
Read all about it in the Chicago Tribune. It’s been getting tons of well deserved negative press, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the school changes their tune. I can understand that the school wants their students to eat healthy lunches, but have you actually seen school cafeteria food lately? YUCK.
(by the way, that photo is from Fed Up With School Lunch, a blog by a public school teacher who does NOT teach at the school in question. )
My personal political feelings on the issues don’t matter (well, they do, I’m on the internet, and my opinion is important, damn it!), and this post ISN’T ABOUT MY OPINION on this particular issue. What does matter, is that this sounds like perfect science fiction story fodder. And that’s what this post is about.
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