Berlin
It is quiet at the top of the Teufelsberg, an artificial hill just outside the center of Berlin. Silent as a mouse. That was a bit different during the Cold War.
Sound Mirrors
Between 1916 and 1930, the British Army built concrete vertical saucers along England's southern and northeastern coasts to detect enemy aircraft and airships.
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