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Whenever you hold a seashell to your ear, you're not hearing the ocean but rather your own blood flow. Why is it when I hold a cup tightly against the side of my head the sound is very muffled but when I hold it slightly away it becomes much louder?

by /u/wievid in /r/askscience

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