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Orfield Laboratories in the USA has created an anechoic chamber which "is a shielded room that has radio-wave absorbing material applied to the walls, ceiling, and floor." This chamber absorbs 99.99% of sound with an average room measuring 30 decibels at night, this room only reaches -20 decibels.
The Quietest Place in the World will not let you hear "nothing" even if you're several walls and mechanisms away from humanity.
Why noise is necessary for our brains to perform at a high-level
Get our free mobile app Have you been craving peace and quiet lately? I think many people have. Did you know there's a place in Minneapolis, Minnesota that was once the Guinness Book of World Record's 'The Quietest Place on Earth'? It's at Orfield Laboratories. While it's no longer considered THEE quietest place on Earth (the record was taken from them in 2015 by Microsoft), it's still extremely quiet, and you can visit it. The room is called the Anechoic Chamber. It's pretty much a room full of those foam sound-proofing panels. It sounds like an unsettling experience. Orfield Laboratories ...