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TIL that optimizing sleep isn’t just about going to bed and closing our eyes, but involves a series of daytime stimulation, night-winding routines, in-sleep environment design and proper waking

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4kbla TIL in 1878 Vera Zasulich shot and seriously wounded Fyodor Trepov, the notoriously cruel governor of St Petersburg, after he ordered the flogging of a political prisoner who refused to remove his hat in his presence. A sympathetic judge and jury, and a skilled lawyer led to her getting acquitted
7rkdX TIL Mushroom Death Suit is embroidered with thread infused with mushroom spores that grow from the body after burial. These mushrooms digest the body as it decomposes and neutralize many of the environmental contaminants found in the body—including pesticides, preservatives, and heavy metals.
yQpYX TIL Austrian inventor Erwin Perzy is considered as the inventor of snow globe who accidentally came up with the idea in 1900. His grandson Erwin Perzy III still runs the family business specializing in custom-made snow globes.
4aN6 TIL The Quran does not explicitly forbid images of Muhammad
4kLaa TIL About Gustave, a 20-Foot, one-ton Nile Crocodile in Burundi With Mythical Status, Thought to Have Killed Some 200+ People