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The Power of Sound Waves - YY Jacobson

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During World War II, BBC was broadcast all over Europe, including to all of the countries occupied by Hitler's regime. >> 2 3 Sound levels look good. We're about to go live. Each news program of BBC opened with a live broadcast of Big Ben tolling the hour, amplifying the magical sound of freedom. But these broadcasts led to an But these broadcasts led to an unexpected danger. You see, ingenious German Nazi physicists found a way to determine the weather conditions in London based on tiny differences in the tone of the broadcast ding-dongs, temperature, humidity, and air pressure. And by comparing successive Big Ben broadcasts, the German scientists got useful data about the weather conditions in London. This information was fed to

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  1. 0:05During World War II, BBC was broadcast all over Europe, including to all of the countries…
  2. 0:36But these broadcasts led to an unexpected danger. You see, ingenious German Nazi physicists found a…
  3. 1:06in London. This information was fed to the Luvafa to the air force of Hitler's army…
  4. 1:36discovered this, they replaced the live broadcast with a set recording of the famous clock. The…
  5. 2:10we say it three times a day. Hashem, [Music] we ask Hashem, you open my lips.…

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