Boring Facts About Green Sea Turtles to Fall Asleep To

Boring Facts About Green Sea Turtles to Fall Asleep To

In this calm and deliberately boring episode, you'll listen to hundreds of quiet facts about green sea turtles, the large, gentle reptiles that spend almost their whole lives in the ocean, drifting through warm shallow seas and grazing on seagrass and algae. We take a slow and unhurried look at what a green sea turtle actually is and how it lives, since it swims with long flipper-like limbs, holds its breath for hours while resting on the seabed, and must surface to breathe even though it rarely leaves the water. Along the way, we cover the turtle's remarkably long and unhurried life, from the tiny hatchling that scrambles down a moonlit beach to the sea, through the mysterious "lost years" adrift on the currents, to the grown turtle that may travel thousands of kilometers and return to the very beach where it was born to lay its own eggs. There are many overlooked details, including why it is called the green turtle even though its shell is usually brown, how a turtle finds its way across an entire ocean, why these turtles switch from eating small animals as youngsters to eating plants as adults, how the warmth of the sand shapes the young in the nest, and how they can live for many decades in the wild. Nothing here is dramatic, and nothing needs to be remembered. 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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Boring Facts About Why We Snore to Fall Asleep To

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

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

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

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

Boring Facts About Owls to Fall Asleep To

Boring Facts About Owls to Fall Asleep To

In this calm and deliberately boring episode, you'll listen to hundreds of quiet facts about owls, the soft-footed hunters that share the night with you right now. You'll hear how their feathers are e...

1 Okt 2h 16min

Boring Facts About the Heartbeat to Fall Asleep To

Boring Facts About the Heartbeat to Fall Asleep To

In this calm and deliberately boring episode, you'll listen to hundreds of quiet facts about the heartbeat — the small, steady contraction that has been repeating inside your chest since before you we...

30 Sep 2h 13min

Boring Facts About Why We Get Sleepy to Fall Asleep To

Boring Facts About Why We Get Sleepy to Fall Asleep To

In this calm and deliberately boring episode, you'll listen to hundreds of quiet facts about why we get sleepy — the slow chemical buildup that makes your eyelids heavy, the ancient clock ticking insi...

29 Sep 2h 14min

Boring Facts About Rabbits to Fall Asleep To

Boring Facts About Rabbits to Fall Asleep To

In this calm and deliberately boring episode, you'll listen to hundreds of quiet facts about rabbits. You'll learn how their ears work as built-in cooling systems, why they eat their own droppings as ...

28 Sep 2h 12min

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