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TIL The jerking reaction you sometimes experience right before you fall asleep as if you’re falling, is known as a “Hypnic jerk”

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xVE11 TIL that contrary to popular belief, the vast majority born in California remain in California rather than moving to other States. California actually has one of the highest retention rates for native born citizens in the country.
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