Many people can't read or tell time in their dreams (Simon Andras).
Lucid Dreaming: These are people who try to realize or consciously know they are dreaming, and try to then manipulate their surroundings like, flying or walking through walls (Simon Andras).
"On an average, you can dream for about one to two hours every night and you can have four to seven different dreams in one night," (Diksha).
You spend an average of 6 years dreaming (Diksha).
"Only within five minutes since you are up from your sleep, an average person's dream is forgotten and in just 10 minutes, 90 percent of the dream is gone with the wind. However, if awakened at the REM (rapid eye movement sleep) stage, that person is more likely to remember the dream," (Diksha).
There are two types of long-term memories: implicit and explicit. Implicit memories are habits and skills that you do automatically without having to think about it, like driving and brushing your teeth. Explicit memories are things we are consciously aware of and are trying to remember, like an answer to a question on a test (Dean Burnett).
There are actually people who love to dream so much that they never want to wake up, so they take an illegal drug called Dimethyltryptamine. This is a synthetic form of the chemical our brain produces while we are dreaming (Simon Andras).
The brain is more active during sleep than it is when we're awake (Simon Andras).
Toddlers don't start to have dreams about themselves until they are 3-4 years old (Diksha).
Some people claim that they don't dream at all, but that's false. Everyone dreams, but 60% of people don't remember their dreams at all (Simon Andras).
Citations: Burnett, Dean. “What happens in your brain when you make a memory?” The Guardian, 16 Sept. 2015, www.theguardian.com/education/2015/sep/16/what-happens-in-your-brain-when-you-make-a-memory. Diksha. “23 Most Interesting Facts About Dreams That Will Give You Goosebumps.” Emlii, www.emlii.com/f8e56913/23-Most-Interesting-Facts-About-Dreams-That-Will-Give-You-Goosebumps.