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Greek philosopher Pythagoras theorized that planets emitted musical hums known as the harmony of the spheres

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The guy who traumatized you with high school geometry also believed space was a giant musical instrument. Pythagoras proposed that planets moving through the zodiac produced an inaudible hum based on mathematical proportions. It is a beautiful poetic thought, entirely ruined by the terrifying vacuum of actual space.

Greek philosopher Pythagoras theorized that planets emitted musical hums known as the harmony of the spheres
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