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In one of the earliest posts here, I discussed a scream sound effect frequently used in science fiction movies and video games. At the time I searched for information, but I couldn’t find a source for it. Since then I have considered it one of the few things that the internet did not know.

I should know better than to doubt the internet. In the logs for this blog I discovered a page that linked to my post. I am not the only one who has looked into this. And where I failed, others have been successful. It originated from the 1980 movie The Ninth Configuration. Follow the links to learn more:

whirlpool.net.au hosts a forum thread that lead me to this information.

Not The Wilhelm Scream is a page dedicated to the sound effect. It has lots of detailed info.

Wikipedia had an entry on the topic, but it has been deleted. Wikipedia knows many things, but it is not all knowing.

Continuing with the topic of doubting the internet’s knowledge, I once failed to find information on the etymology of Cottage Cheese. Searching today though, I discovered multiple links claiming that the term came from American colonial times when it was commonly made in Cottages (country houses). Which seems obvious in retrospect. I also learned that the word cottage has origins in cot, which is related to hut. Neat.

At one point I had considered creating a category on my blog for things the internet does not know. I’m starting to think this would be a waste of time. If the internet doesn’t know the answer today, wait a couple of years and ask again.