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TIL the 1883 eruption of Krakotoa which killed 36,417 people was so loud it was heard 4800KM away and the ~~sound~~ pressure wave travelled the earth over 3 times (en.wikipedia.org)

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[-] kogasa@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

And 286dB at 0.5m, and 292dB at 0.25m, and infinity dB at 0m

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