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Sleep talking husband

Karen Slavick-Lennard has recently seen her "Sleep Talkin' Man" blog go viral online.

Karen first started jotting down her sleep talking husband's night time musings on a laptop to entertain family and friends, but such was their amusement that she decided to post them online, and rapid sharing through social networks has seen the words of her sleep talking husband spread all over the web, as well as national newspapers, radio and recently onto TV.

Karen's sleep talking husband, Adam, has exclaimed such oddities as, "I haven't put on weight. Your eyes are fat." and, "My badger's gonna unleash hell on your ass. Badgertastic!", and have captured the imagination of half a million people from over 50 countries.

Sleep may improve memory abilities

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Research has suggested that sleeping could help people trying to learn a new skill.

In an experiment, sounds associated with 50 images with random locations on a computer screen were taught to 12 volunteers. Each image was paired with a corresponding sound, for example a picture of a shattering wine glass with a tinkling sound.

They learnt to drag the images to their assigned places following a number of repeated trials.