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SilverSage
Resident Crone
I did not know that!
Good for him.
DAVE!!! Good for him! Cutie pie!
Lee
I read a whole article on him, his family and how it all began.
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The Reason Dave Dahl Of Dave's Killer Bread Went To Jail - Mashed
Dave Dahl of Dave's Killer Bread famously came back from 15 years behind bars to create his successful bread business. Here's the reason he went to jail.
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The World’s Quietest Room Is –24.9 Decibels — So Silent You Can Hear Your Blood Flowing
Hidden inside Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis, USA, lies the world’s quietest place — an anechoic chamber so perfectly engineered that it holds the Guinness World Record for lowest ambient noise: –24.9 dB(A).
That’s below the threshold of human hearing. Even space, by comparison, has background radiation noise.
Step inside, and the sound of the outside world disappears. Instead, you begin to hear what’s usually masked — your heartbeat, blood circulation, even the faint motion of your lungs and joints.
The chamber is lined with 3.3-foot-deep fiberglass wedges that absorb 99.99% of sound waves.
The floor is a suspended mesh, preventing vibrations from traveling through the structure. It’s so isolated that even the air pressure feels “thick” and unnatural.
In normal environments, our brains use reflected sound to maintain balance and orientation.
Inside this chamber, there are no reflections — every movement feels wrong, your voice dies instantly, and after a few minutes, your mind starts to drift.
Some visitors report hallucinations, dizziness, or the sensation that their body is “floating.”
The longest anyone has ever lasted? About 55 minutes. Most step out in less than 30.
The chamber is used for precision testing — NASA uses similar setups to measure spacecraft noise levels and astronaut perception under extreme silence.
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Would you dare to face total silence?
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The World’s Quietest Room Is –24.9 Decibels — So Silent You Can Hear Your Blood Flowing
Hidden inside Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis, USA, lies the world’s quietest place — an anechoic chamber so perfectly engineered that it holds the Guinness World Record for lowest ambient noise: –24.9 dB(A).
That’s below the threshold of human hearing. Even space, by comparison, has background radiation noise.
Step inside, and the sound of the outside world disappears. Instead, you begin to hear what’s usually masked — your heartbeat, blood circulation, even the faint motion of your lungs and joints.
How It Works:
The chamber is lined with 3.3-foot-deep fiberglass wedges that absorb 99.99% of sound waves.
The floor is a suspended mesh, preventing vibrations from traveling through the structure. It’s so isolated that even the air pressure feels “thick” and unnatural.
The Psychological Effect:
In normal environments, our brains use reflected sound to maintain balance and orientation.
Inside this chamber, there are no reflections — every movement feels wrong, your voice dies instantly, and after a few minutes, your mind starts to drift.
Some visitors report hallucinations, dizziness, or the sensation that their body is “floating.”
The longest anyone has ever lasted? About 55 minutes. Most step out in less than 30.
Fun Fact:
The chamber is used for precision testing — NASA uses similar setups to measure spacecraft noise levels and astronaut perception under extreme silence.
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Would you dare to face total silence?
I would love to try it!
Lee
SilverSage
Resident Crone
So would I!
These two rocky islands in the middle of the Bering Strait are called the Diomede Islands — one is Russian, the other American. And yes, you can literally see one country from the other!
• Big Diomede (Russia
• Little Diomede (USA
The two are just 2.4 miles (3.8 km) apart — closer than most city suburbs — yet they’re separated by 21 hours in time zones due to the International Date Line.
So standing on the U.S. side, you can technically see into tomorrow.
This frozen border is a haunting reminder of how close — yet divided — our world can be.
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These two rocky islands in the middle of the Bering Strait are called the Diomede Islands — one is Russian, the other American. And yes, you can literally see one country from the other!
• Big Diomede (Russia) is uninhabited and serves as a military outpost.
• Little Diomede (USA) is home to about 80 Indigenous Inupiat residents.
The two are just 2.4 miles (3.8 km) apart — closer than most city suburbs — yet they’re separated by 21 hours in time zones due to the International Date Line.
So standing on the U.S. side, you can technically see into tomorrow.
In rare winters, when the sea freezes, people have even walked across — making it one of the few places on Earth where you could potentially walk between the U.S. and Russia (though it’s illegal to do so!).
This frozen border is a haunting reminder of how close — yet divided — our world can be.
Just did a little more reading about Little Diomede. Sounds as if it won't be long until before the remaining residents will have to leave.
Lee
There's a story about this kitty.
I'll try to find the link.
Here it is.
The cat was named Room 8 lol
I'll try to find the link.
Here it is.
The cat was named Room 8 lol
The monster was holding a coffee cup and the blind hermit missed the cup, pouring the hot coffee in the monster's lap and the monster (Peter Boyle) just rolled his eyes, LOLOL! I'm still laughing while typing this!!
Lee