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TIL "Children" by Robert Miles was a "dream trance" record aimed at reducing car accidents in 1990s Italy. With more clubbers falling asleep at the wheel after nights of dancing, drinking and drugs, DJs began playing records like "Children" to calm crowds down before sending them home.

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