Interesting and amazing facts about Dreams

Dreams are fun,full of mystery,enlightening and sometimes a living hell.
Whatever it is, Its one of the most fascinating and interesting experience in our lives.

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During ancient times,People thought that dreams are messages from gods,Dreams have even led many generals into battles.
Many inventions and ideas like Google,Sewing machine,Periodic table,The movie Avatar were the result of dreams.
But what do we know about dreams,here are the most interesting facts

1. You can't read or tell time in dreams
   
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   While dreaming, you are not able to read or tell time with accuracy,every time you look at a clock it will tell different time, So next time If you are unsure whether you are dreaming or not, try reading or looking at the clock.

2)Sleep paralysis

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During the REM stage when you are sleeping, your body is paralyzed through a mechanism that keeps it from moving physically because of the dream.People who sometimes wake during this process feels the inability to move and sense an evil presence in the room,so next time you are unable to move while sleeping remember this.

3)We forget 90% of what we dream

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5 minutes after waking up half of our dream is forgotten,after 10 minutes 90% is gone, that's why many people keep a dream journal and record their dreams 1st thing after waking up.

4)Average Dreaming time

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We dream nearly every night,According to studies an average human being spends 6 whole years of his/her life dreaming.

5)Blind People also Dream

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People who are not blind from birth can see images in their dreams. People who are born blind do not see such images,
instead their dreams involve their other senses of sound, smell, touch and emotions and are equally vivid.

6)Black and white dreams

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According to research,A full 12% of sighted people dream exclusively in black and white
Age seems to plays a factor in this phenomenon, as people 25 or younger say they almost never dream in black and white, while people 55 and older claim to dream in color about 75 percent of the time.

7)Only what we know is what we dream

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You might not remember every person you see in your dream. However, a person only dreams of people he/she has encountered in life but it's impossible to keep track of hundred's of faces that we come across each day.

8)Everybody dreams including animals

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Watch a dog sleep sometime. The paws move like they are running and they make sounds as if they are chasing something in a dream,Studies have been done on many animals, and all of them show the same brain waves during dreaming as humans.

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Bonus Facts:
1)Kids do not dream about themselves until around the age of 3.
2)Negative emotions are much more likely to occur than positive emotions in your dreams.
3)Men and women dream differently,Majority of men tend to have 70% characters in their dreams. However, when a women dream, they have a more even mixture of males and females in their dreams.
4)You can experience orgasm in your dreams.

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