Microsoft sets Guinness World Record for being quiet

Setting a world record is one of the coolest things you can achieve. It means you stand alone with a claim no one else can make. For instance, being the world's strongest, fastest or smartest would be awesome. Other records would not be so cool, however, such as world's fattest or smelliest.

A congratulations is due to Microsoft as it has been awarded a Guinness World Record. However, the record itself is kind of weird. You see, a room on its Redmond campus is now officially the quietest place on Earth.

"In an effort to demonstrate their commitment to unrivaled research  and silence their competitors -- Microsoft has created the Quietest place on Earth at their headquarters in Redmond Washington, USA. The computer company has built an anechoic chamber in which highly sensitive tests reported an average background noise reading of an unimaginably quiet -20.35 dBA (decibels A-weighted)", says Guinness.

LeSalle Munroe, Microsoft Senior Engineer, Surface Devices explains, "this chamber gives us the opportunity to look for those really small signals that can have an impact to the end user. We always want to have the best tools available for the job. And that's what this is. It's a great accomplishment".

In other words, Microsoft did not build this record-setting chamber just to set a record. Actually, there was a meaningful purpose behind it -- audio testing.

With that said, a Guinness World Record is cool regardless. Hell, maybe Satya Nadella will attempt to set a chicken wing eating record next.