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03-27-2008, 10:35 PM
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Re: 20 Things You Didn't Know About... Sleep
11 Let's sleep on it first: In a gesture of integration with the European Union, Spain has launched a campaign to eliminate the tradition of siestas, or afternoon naps.
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03-27-2008, 10:37 PM
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Re: 20 Things You Didn't Know About... Sleep
12 Thanks in part to their afternoon naps, Spaniards sleep an average of 40 minutes less per night than other Europeans. Spain also has the highest rate of workplace accidents in the EU and the third lowest productivity rate.
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03-27-2008, 10:37 PM
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Re: 20 Things You Didn't Know About... Sleep
13 Who knew it was that easy? A Muslim couple in India is being forced to split up after the husband uttered the word talaq, the Arabic word for divorce, three times in his sleep. According to Muslim law, the "triple talaq" is an actual divorce.
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03-27-2008, 10:38 PM
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Re: 20 Things You Didn't Know About... Sleep
14 The idea that it is dangerous to wake a sleepwalker is a myth. Given the things sleepwalkers get up to do, like climbing roofs and fixing insanely large sandwiches, it is probably more risky not to wake them.
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03-27-2008, 10:39 PM
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Re: 20 Things You Didn't Know About... Sleep
15 Whales and dolphins can literally fall half asleep. Their brain hemispheres alternate sleeping, so the animals can continue to surface and breathe.
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03-27-2008, 10:40 PM
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Re: 20 Things You Didn't Know About... Sleep
16 Dreaming is connected to bursts of electrical activity that blow through the brain stem every 90 minutes during REM sleep. Over a lifetime, an average person spends more than six years dreaming, clocking more than 136,000 in all.
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03-27-2008, 10:40 PM
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Re: 20 Things You Didn't Know About... Sleep
17 But nobody knows why we dream.
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03-27-2008, 10:41 PM
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Re: 20 Things You Didn't Know About... Sleep
18 Hey, be glad she doesn't have a telethon: More than 5 million American children suffer from nocturnal enuresis, better known as bed-wetting. Actress Suzanne Somers used to be one of them, according to her autobiography.
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03-27-2008, 10:43 PM
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Re: 20 Things You Didn't Know About... Sleep
19 Somniphobia is the fear of sleep.
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03-27-2008, 10:44 PM
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Re: 20 Things You Didn't Know About... Sleep
20 So far, there are no known celebrity somniphobes.
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