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Orfield Laboratories, an acoustics and architecture test facility in Minnesota, has a room that is known to be the quietest place<\/a> on Earth, as reported<\/a> by Slate:<\/p>\n

The anechoic chamber \u2014 “anechoic” meaning “echo-free” \u2014 is behind two heavy vault-style doors and encased in double walls of steel and foot-thick concrete. Inside, the floor is mesh and the walls are lined with three-foot-thick fiberglass acoustic wedges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How quiet is it? A typically quiet library, points out Slate, measures around 30 decibels. In Orfield Laboratories\u2019 research room the noise level plummets to -9 decibels. And since humans\u00a0can only detect sounds above zero\u00a0decibels, the chamber is virtually soundless. Stay in there long enough and you may be\u00a0able to hear your blood pumping.<\/p>\n

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Sounds creepy, right? That’s why the lab’s owner, Steve Orfield, likes to challenge visitors to see how long they can endure the deafening silence. According to Slate, most\u00a0can’t stay longer than about 20 minutes and emerge disoriented and unsettled. Still, despite rumors to the contrary, the silence won’t make you go insane<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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