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Have you been craving peace and quiet lately? I think many people have. Did you know there s a place in Minneapolis, Minnesota that was once the Guinness Book of World Record s The Quietest Place on Earth ? It s at Orfield Laboratories. While it s no longer considered THEE quietest place on Earth (the record was taken from them in 2015 by Microsoft), it s still extremely quiet, and you can visit it.
The room is called the Anechoic Chamber. It s pretty much a room full of those foam sound-proofing panels. It sounds like an unsettling experience. Orfield Laboratories hosts tours where you re taken into the room. One tour takes you in there for a short period of time, but there s another one called The Orfield Challenge where you see how long you can sit in the dark in the World s Quietest Room .