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There is a song that has been proven to help you sleep. “The result on listeners is a slowing of the heart rate, reduced blood pressure and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.”

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9wkOm TIL that Elephant Seals were thought to be extinct by 1884. In 1892 an expedition from the Smithsonian found what could have been the last 8 individuals on Guadalupe Island of which the expedition killed 7 for their collection.
nWVJP TIL a car feature known as limp mode can activate when a car's computer detects an issue that could damage the engine or transmission. The computer can then limit the throttle and RPM and can put the car into a fixed gear - usually second or third - to limit how fast the car can drive.
xydw TIL in Algeria, the largest country in Africa and 35th in world population, women make up 70% of the country’s lawyers and 60% of its judges, as well as dominating the field of medicine. Increasingly, women are contributing more to household income than men. 60% of university students are women.
d8DL7 TIL of the tongue-eating louse. A parasite with detaches a fish's tongue and becomes a new, functional tongue. This is the only parasite known to replace a host organ.
pbNO TIL Until 1616 coffee was essentially a monopoly run by Yemen. Merchants were forbidden to sell live coffee plants or seeds. That changed when Pieter van der Broecke, a Dutch merchant, stole coffee seeds and brought them back to Holland. 40 years later coffee had traveled as far as Sri Lanka.