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TIL that even if we didn't see sunlight,our bodies would still have a 24hour circadian rhythm.We would sense Zeitgebers,things that regularly happen in the course of 1 day,like temperature fluctuations or even our morning coffee and latch itself onto them.It's how blind people's bodies count hours.

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