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I crave mental lint. What are some interesting facts that the hivemind (you) have stored away? (slrpnk.net)

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Bonus points for articles or links to said facts. I demand rabbit-holes to explore

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

got one from back when I was learning C - wanted to be a game developer but it never panned out, anyway, the compiler I was using was a Borland product and in the comments of one of the .h or .c files, I forget which, there was a comment that was... actually I went and looked it up just now so I could get it verbatim. always thought it was interesting:

" 7 Hz is the resonant frequency of a chicken's skull cavity. This was determined empirically in Australia, where a new factory generating 7-Hz tones was located too close to a chicken ranch: When the factory started up, all the chickens died. Your PC may not be able to emit a 7-Hz tone "

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I watched a YouTube video which discussed a similar issue with a pop song. I want to say it was something by Jennifer Lopez (?) which had a part that matched the resonant frequency of the hard drive in a certain laptop model and would cause the hard drive to crash.

edit: just looked it up, it was Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation'

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