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vP044 TIL that the reason we feel groggy when we first wake up is caused by 'sleep inertia.' The gradual feeling of waking up is due to blood flow. Our 'primitive brain centers' get blood flow first and it isn't for 15 minutes or longer before blood flow returns to deeper thinking areas.
R5Q47 TIL High and Low German are named to describe the ALTITUDE their spoken at (highlands or lowlands).
QJJ7X TIL that BOTOX injections can be used to help treat individuals who suffer from chronic migraines.
0KOv TIL International Women’s Day was first celebrated in the Soviet Union and used to be called International Working Women’s Day until 1975
E1AYP TIL that children with autism experienced significantly decreased behavioral and cognitive symptoms after receiving a fecal transplant