Useless information #81 - How many sounds can humans make?
I'm talking about voices. Not clapping hands or playing the drums!
The answer is: 840 possible distinguishable sounds.
(Multiply by 5 tones and we get 4200 unique words.)
You can read all about that in the article Why the human voice is so versatile.
Just a little extra. Thinking about sounds and voices, I remembered these 3 gentlemen.
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I can certainly make quite a few interesting noises!