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Incidentally, this is why rocket launches sound crackly. It’s not overdriving the microphone, but rather the air itself.

• p1necone 8y ago
  This is the coolest fact I've heard all week, thanks.
• ddingus 8y ago
  I second that! Very cool fact.
• maxxxxx 8y ago
  Nice to know! I was wondering about that when I watched the Space shuttle launch.