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Helium makes your voice sound higher without changing its pitch.

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Your vocal cords vibrate at the same rate, but sound travels faster in helium, which changes the resonances of your vocal tract. That boosts the higher frequencies, so your voice sounds squeaky.

Source: Helium (Wikipedia)

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