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Psithurism

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Psithurism psithurism/psithurisma  noun [sith-yuh-riz-uhm]/[sith-yuh-riz-muh] 1.  The sound of rustling leaves or wind in the trees. From the Ancient Greek ψιθυρίζω (psithurízō), meaning “to whisper,” or ψίθυρος (psíthyros), “whisper.” “Look from your window some March morning of east wind — Eurus, ab urendo — and you may tell the quarter whence it blows by the tortured movement of the trees. They struggle […]

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Snapping Shrimp

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Snapping Shrimp As submarines became a staple of battle in the World War era and sonar matured into a necessary tool, humans began to notice something odd in the depths. Something very weird was messing with our ability to hear sufficiently underwater. It wasn’t a Kraken; it wasn’t dolphins; it wasn’t whales. It was a

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