4 Comments TIL that your own voice seems lower to you because its mostly transmitted through skull, and bone conduction transmits low frequency sound better by whatilearned January 27, 2022, 12:54 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL Squids changed the field of neuroscience. Because squid axons (the portion of a nerve cell (neuron) that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body) are 10 to 100x bigger than humans’, researchers could observe important aspects about the conduction of signals within neurons. by whatilearned January 26, 2022, 2:59 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL that after Beethoven went deaf, he found he could affix a metal rod to his piano and bite down on it while he played, enabling him to hear perfectly through vibrations in his jawbone. The process is called bone conduction. by whatilearned April 17, 2021, 9:52 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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