The paralysis of voluntary muscles is characteristic of REM sleep. REM atonia is a condition that prevents you from acting out your dreams while you are sleeping. Simply put, your body does not move because your motor neurons are not stimulated. While the sensation can be frightening, experts say it's perfectly normal and should only last a few minutes before normal muscle control returns.

Mongolia is home to the two-humped Bactrian camel. The Thousand Camel Festival is organised by a local non-governmental organisation dedicated to preserving and protecting the Bactrian camel population, which has been progressively dwindling for the previous twelve years. At the event, you'll be able to engage with the camels and learn about the nomadic lifestyle of camel herders firsthand.

Sleep rejuvenates the body, and dreams revitalise the mind. This is because dreams are similar to creativity, according to the American Psychological Association. The way the brain solves problems in dreams is similar to how it thinks creatively in the waking world. As a result, many artists are more likely to be inspired by their dreams and to think creatively while awake.

Even though your body is sleeping, your mind is more active than when you are awake. During dreams, your mind is learning, problem solving, and filing, sorting, and making sense of all the information you absorbed during the day.

When it comes to the content of their dreams, researchers discovered some differences between men and women. In several studies, men reported dreaming about weapons significantly more frequently than women, while women dreamed about clothing references more frequently than men. Women have slightly longer dreams with more characters than men. When it comes to the characters that appear in dreams, men dream about other men twice as often as women, while women dream about both sexes equally.

Dreams are experienced by people who are born blind, but not through the eyes. Instead, they have dreams that rely on other senses, but they are just as intense as those that rely on sight. Those who go blind later in life, on the other hand, will have visual images in their dreams.

With 3863 hours of sun every year, Aswan is the third sunniest spot in the planet, averaging 10 hours of sun per day!

Building pyramids kept the Ancient Egyptians occupied! Over 130 pyramids have been discovered in Egypt so far, and archaeologists are continually searching for more!

Built to restrain the roaring waves of the world's longest river, the Nile, the Aswan high dam is the world's biggest dam.

A fascinating fact about the Indian Ocean is its lack of marine animal life, which is related to the ocean's greater water temperature. This water is the hottest on the planet, giving plankton and other animals limited room to flourish.

One of the lesser-known facts of the Indian Ocean is that it has a number of tectonic plate boundaries, notably the Rodrigues Triple Point, where the African, Indo-Australian, and Antartic continental plates collide.

River runoff from many regions of the world, including the Ganges and Brahmaputra, two of the world's biggest rivers, flows into this ocean. Because of its proximity to the equator, the evaporation rate is still rather significant.

The immensity of the Indian Ocean is the first piece of information that grabs anyone's attention. And it's not only big on the outside; it's also big on the inside. The Indian Ocean, which covers over 20% of the earth's total surface area, contributes significantly to the world's water burden.

The Indian Ocean has one of the lowest oxygen concentration of any ocean on the planet, owing to a higher evaporation rate than runoff or precipitation intake. This distinguishes life development in the Indian Ocean.

Most people are aware that chess is an ancient game, but many are unaware that it dates back at least 1500 years! The game is thought to have started around 600 AD, long before the Middle Ages. The game was called Chaturanga back then, and it was nothing like the game we play now. In fact, the game represented a synthesis of games and rules, and it evolved over time, as everything does. When the game of chess spread throughout Europe, it roughly evolved into what we know today as chess.

Are you prone to mosquito bites? Iceland will suit you perfectly! Iceland is mosquito-free, thanks to a lack of small ponds and temperatures that are unfavourable for mosquito breeding – so you can sleep with your windows open anytime you like.

If you go shopping at the Christmas Market in Nuremberg, Germany, you'll be participating in a tradition that dates back hundreds of years. Proof of this can be discovered in a little box kept safe by the Germanisches Nationalmuseum. The modest gift is inscribed, "Sent to Regina Susanna Harßdörfferin by Miss Susanna Eleonora Erbsin (or Elbsin) on the occasion of the Christmas Market of 1628."

Brazil's gigantic floating metal Christmas tree achieved a world record in December 2007 at 278 feet and 10 inches tall and blazing with over three million lights. Every year, the tree is brought out as part of Rio de Janeiro's Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon.

Eagles are apex predators, which means they dwell at the top of the food chain in their environment. To live at the top of the food chain, they must clearly be rather large and powerful, powerful enough to transport any prey they hunt down to a more convenient area where they may securely feast on it. Eagles can carry a maximum of four to five pounds, while young deer, known as fawns or calves, weigh four to eight pounds. Do I need to say more? Never undervalue an eagle!

Many people believe that they only have one sign based on their birth date. That sign is known as the sun sign, but there are many others, including a sign for each planet and 12 different houses. The "big three" are your sun, moon, and rising sign, which reveal information about your personality, emotions, vulnerability, and love style. You will need your birth date, birth location, and time (as accurate as possible) to retrieve your birth chart, which will reveal your "big three."

When the moon is full, you might find yourself sobbing over your first love on the couch. What made you think that? Research dating back to 400 B.C. blamed behavioural changes on the moon's pull. After all, the term "lunatic" was derived from the idea that "mental state changes were related to lunar cycles," according to Healthline. Perhaps this is why, in Shakespeare's Othello, Emelia tells Othello that the moon is too close to Earth, and has driven men insane.

You have more than five senses, despite what you've probably been told. Here's an easy one. Place your hand just a few centimetres away from a hot iron. None of your five senses will alert you to the fact that the iron will burn you. Despite this, you can feel the iron is hot and will not touch it. This is due to the heat sensors in your skin, which function as an additional sense. We can also detect pain and determine if we are upside down.