Prepare to cringe. Nails on a chalkboard has company.
Researchers from Newcastle University endured the most spine-tingling
sounds to determine the five worst offenders to the human ear. Based on
the way our brains and bodies react, the scientists found that nails on
a blackboard is only the fifth-worst sound in existence, according to a
study published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
And while chalkboards are no longer commonplace in our society, the worst transgressors—a knife and a bottle—certainly are.
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