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Why most of your dreams vanish within minutes

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The universe gives you free, high-budget, hallucinogenic movies every single night, and your brain immediately throws them in the trash. Within five minutes of waking, you forget half your dream. At ten minutes, 90 percent is gone forever. Your memory wiped it just to make room for your morning coffee order.

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