stackyFACTSBefore text messages existed, alpine farmers literally blew through massive twelve-foot wooden pipes to send updates across valleys. The reverberating bass tones of the alphorn can be heard miles away. Today, it mostly serves to startle outsiders hiking peacefully in the high-altitude meadows.
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