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Sound of Extinction

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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Introduction

The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds. This is the story behind the sounds that have come and gone. Horses clapping by pulling carriages, telegraphs, automobile engines sputtering to life. Check out this old recording of Big Ben which is not a person, not a clock, not a tower, it's a bell, ding dong.

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