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TIL The minimum sound threshold a human ear drum can detect is 1x10^-12 watts/square meter. To put in perspective just how sensitive the human ear is we could scale up, so in order to detect a minimum of 1 newton (0.2 pounds) of force, an ear drum would be roughly the entire surface area of England.

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