8 Hours of Boring Facts for Deep Sleep

In this calm and deliberately boring episode, you’ll listen to eight continuous hours of quiet, unhurried facts designed for a full night of deep sleep. There are facts about the slow formation of river sediment, the way postal codes were first assigned to small towns, how wool fibers absorb moisture without feeling damp, and why old clocks needed to be wound at roughly the same time each day. You’ll hear about the standard dimensions of shipping pallets, the quiet history of weather stations in places no one visits, how ceramic glazes change color depending on kiln temperature, and the small differences between types of gravel used in ordinary driveways. Nothing here is urgent or surprising. The facts move from one unremarkable subject to the next — municipal water pressure, the thickness of various kinds of rope, the reason manhole covers are round, the number of stitches in a standard baseball — with no particular destination in mind. They are simply one ordinary detail after another, offered at a pace that expects nothing from you. There is no test, no storyline to follow, and no reason to stay awake for any of it. Tonight, as you listen, you can simply rest inside the thought that even the most ordinary subject contains more quiet details than anyone could ever notice at once.

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Episoder(217)

Boring Facts About Why We Toss and Turn to Fall Asleep To

In this calm and deliberately boring episode, you'll listen to hundreds of quiet facts about why we toss and turn in our sleep. You'll hear about the small, repeated shifts your body makes throughout ...

8 Okt 2h 15min

9 Hours of Boring Facts for Deep Sleep

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7 Okt 8h 55min

Boring Facts About Pillows to Fall Asleep To

In this calm and deliberately boring episode, you'll listen to hundreds of quiet facts about pillows — from the simple purpose of filling the gap between a head and a mattress, to the ancient Mesopota...

6 Okt 2h 37min

Boring Facts About Why We Snore to Fall Asleep To

In this calm and deliberately boring episode, you'll listen to hundreds of quiet facts about why we snore — from the basic mechanics of air vibrating against soft tissue in a relaxed throat, to the sp...

5 Okt 2h 17min

Boring Facts About Sheep to Fall Asleep To

In this calm and deliberately boring episode, you'll listen to hundreds of quiet facts about sheep — from the simple mechanics of how they chew cud and grow wool to the ancient history of their domest...

4 Okt 5h 23min

Boring Facts About Blankets to Fall Asleep To

In this calm and deliberately boring episode, you'll listen to hundreds of quiet facts about blankets — the ordinary layers of fabric that people pull over themselves every single night without giving...

3 Okt 2h 41min

9 Hours of Boring Facts for Deep Sleep

In this calm and deliberately boring episode, you'll listen to hundreds of quiet facts drawn from every corner of ordinary knowledge, arranged in no particular hurry across nine unhurried hours. You'l...

2 Okt 8h 52min