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  2. Extreme cold: Why your house is popping and how to prevent ...

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    Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2019. We are republishing it as part of our winter coverage. Bitter-cold temperatures can make your home do strange things in the winter months.

  3. Pop filter - Wikipedia

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    Pop filters are generally used in a studio environment to help improve the sound quality of the recorded voice, while windscreens are typically used outdoors and get rid of any low distortion. Windscreens are also used by vocalists on stage to reduce plosives and saliva, though they may not be as acoustically transparent as a studio pop filter.

  4. Exploding tree - Wikipedia

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    The pressure of the steam can make the trunk burst. [ 3 ] [ 17 ] This happens especially with trees whose trunks are already dying or rotting. [ 3 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The more usual result of lightning striking a tree, however, is a lightning scar, running down the bark, or simply root damage, whose only visible sign above ground is branches that ...

  5. Crackling noise - Wikipedia

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    Further research into crackling noise was done in the late 1940s by Charles Francis Richter and Beno Gutenberg who examined earthquakes analytically. Before the invention of the well-known Richter scale, the Mercalli intensity scale was used; this is a subjective measurement of how damaging an earthquake was to property, i.e. II would be small vibrations and objects moving, while XII would be ...

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  7. Plants make popping noises when stressed – scientists - AOL

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  8. Paper popper - Wikipedia

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    This causes air to be forced into the paper's holes, making the paper flaps pop out in the opposite direction, then making a loud popping noise. [1] According to popular misconception, the sound is supposed to be caused by the paper breaking the sound barrier. In actuality, what happens is that air rushes in a blast wave to fill the vacuum ...

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