Top 10 Cool Facts About Sleep


	Top 10 Cool Facts About Sleep

Homonculus

5-11-2008 7:49 PM

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Homonculus says:

Sleep is not a simple process. Many parts of the brain control it and influence its different stages. Here is a list of 10 very interesting facts to learn more about sleep.

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5-28-2008 11:21 AM

zappamania

My theory is that we have many potential lifes. Don't you think dreams are just these other lifes we pass by and we neither experiment ?

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