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source: Uncle John's Bathroom Reader

If it takes you less than 5 minutes to fall asleep, it probably means you're sleep-deprived. Healthy sleepers need between 10 and 15 minutes to doze off.

Researchers at Oxford University concluded that counting sheep may actually keep you awake. Why? Counting sheep is so boring that the mind brings other, more interesting thoughts to the surface just to keep itself occupied.

Your brain is more active when you're dreaming than it is when you're awake.

Having trouble falling asleep? Turn off all the lights or get some eyeshades. You need melatonin to feel drowsy, and melatonin production slows down when ambient light passes through the eyelids.

Certain scents can help you fall asleep. According to a recent study, the most effective aroma is jasmine.

Most primates sleep an average of 10 hours per night; humans average only 7. But that's a recent development. Until the turn of the 20th century, humans slept for 10 hours, too. Who's to blame? Thomas Edison. The invention of the lightbulb turned us into a society of night owls.

If you want to remember your dreams, write them down as soon as you wake up. After 5 minutes, 50% of the dream fades from memory; after 10 minutes, 90% is gone.