Widely assumed to be full of aliens, lasers, or both, Area 51 is actually a secretive U.S. military installation where they test planes and make people drowsy with redacted documents. Ideal material for bedtime stories and the casually paranoid.

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Austro-Hungarian naval officer Georg von Trapp commanded submarines before settling into the more tranquil role of family man. From wartime strategy to musical houseguest wrangling, this quiet drift through his life offers mild intrigue and insomnia relief.

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For those hoping birthday traditions might lull them into sleep, prepare to be mildly disappointed. From ancient Roman candles to modern gift-wrapping fatigue, it’s a slow stroll through the history of celebrating getting older. Perfect for bedtime stories or insomnia relief.

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Longing for sleep and subatomic particles? Tonight we wander through the labyrinth of CERN, where scientists smash protons and hunt invisible things with names like “boson.” It’s all very relaxing, assuming you find particle physics mildly therapeutic.

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Even sleep has a center of gravity. Galaxies, those sprawling cosmic suburbs of stars and dust, come in convenient spiral, elliptical, and irregular shapes. They’re big, old, and mostly indifferent—perfect for a little insomnia relief.

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If the sound of trains helps you sleep, this one’s a dream. The Chicago “L” has been looping around since 1892, connecting the city via elevated tracks, subway tunnels, and the occasional headache. Ideal for fans of bedtime stories involving transit maps.

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Sleep comes easily when gods behave badly and fate is a tangled mess. Tonight, Norse mythology drones on about Odin’s questionable parenting, Thor’s hammer issues, and Loki being Loki. Drift off to tales older than your insomnia.

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Dr Pepper, born in Waco, Texas in 1885, is fizzy relaxation in a bottle—23 secret flavors that predate Coca‑Cola, perfect for bedtime stories or insomnia relief if you’re the sort who naps to soda lore. It’s uniquely pepper‑sweet, historically “not a cola,” and sleep‑inducingly mundane.

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Giant lines scratched into the earth for reasons we’re still guessing. From Nazca to Kazakhstan, geoglyphs are big, mysterious, and ideal for a bedtime story that won’t keep you up. Archaeology as insomnia relief. You’re welcome.

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Surfing, the ancient art of standing on wood while water moves under you, has somehow endured from Polynesian rituals to Olympic events. From Peruvian reed boards to the chilled-out surf culture of today, it’s a long, sleepy paddle through history—perfect for bedtime stories and insomnia relief.

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