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* ''[[Twilight (novel)|Breaking Dawn Part 1]]'' was reported to cause seizures due to flashing white lights in the [http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/breaking-dawn-birth-scenes-seizure-inducing-effects/story?id=15029032 birth scene].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4coyGh1MIU Anna Karkowska's violin playing ]
* According to ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_20678_5-bizarre-animal-chain-reactions-our-daily-lives-are-causing.html 5 Bizarre Animal Chain Reactions Our Daily Lives Are Causing], humans' ships' sonar gives squid fatal seizures.
* In a 1999 lecture, [[Douglas Adams]] described how human industry in China was having this very effect on the blind dolphins of the Yangtze River, and how he and his camera crew on tour there ([[It Makes Sense in Context|after a frenzied search across Shanghai for condoms]]) dipped a microphone into the river to record how it sounds to the dolphins in there, who navigate using sound. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S2jsD7gy_E Adams attempted to emulate] the
{{quote| '''Adams:''' ''"[[Loudness War|PPFFFFFFPPPFFFPFFFFPPPPPPT]]. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|The Yangtze River, ladies and gentlemen]]."''}}
* Speaking of the [[Loudness War]], a ''really'' badly brickwalled track played through a really cheap and nasty pair of speakers or headphones will put many people on the fast track to a terrible headache.
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