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Sorry, nails-on-chalkboard. The perceived wisdom that you are the worst sound in the world has been upset by a recent Newcastle University showing that the screech produced by a knife scraping a bottle (listen here) is the most unpleasant sound in the world, as determined by MRI scans measuring the brain's response to 74 different sounds. Interestingly enough, nails on a chalkboard came in fifth--behind chalk on a chalkboard, which ranked third. Hear all these horrible, horrible sounds over at The Telegraph.
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