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What happens when you’re asleep?
For about a third of your life, you are asleep. While you sleep, your heart rate drops, your muscles relax, your breathing slows and you respond less and less to the outside world. Sleep also restores the body's energy and may help you commit to memory things that have happened during the day.
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What happens when you are asleep?



