Did your parents use to tell you as a child that when you put a shell next to your ear you can actually hear the ocean?
If so, is it true?
The answer is ‘no’. When we put a shell next to our ear we actually hear “the ambient noise that’s being produced all around and inside you, which you normally don’t hear or pay attention to because it’s too quiet”, according to mentalfloss.com
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