Decibels
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Loudness War: Motörhead has been called "the loudest band in the world", and has been clocked in excess of 140 decibels, a sound level roughly equivalent to that of a jet engine or the Space Shuttle.
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Although some of the loudest "grunters", such as Monica Seles (the measured sound level of her grunt, 93.2 decibels) or Maria Sharapova (101 decibels), have been accused of doing it to distract their opponent and cover up cues from the sound about what shot they're playing.
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Evidence shows that some Sauropods - mainly, the Diplodocids - had tails (tapering to the end) that could and likely were used as whips; the crack from such a whip would have a noise level of over 200 decibels - that's like a cannon going off!
Source: Whip It Good
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Level and Decibels. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/decibels/level
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