stackyFACTSNext time you want to glare at a screaming infant on a plane, remember their anatomy is fundamentally broken. Babies possess tiny Eustachian tubes that cannot naturally pop or equalize pressure, meaning they are screaming because their head is experiencing genuine physical agony.
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