Keeping Dream facts

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Martin Luther King Jr's assassin, James Earl Ray was once erroneously honoured during a parade which intended to praise the actor James Earl Jones. Lauderdale, Florida accidentally created a plaque in January 2002 which read 'Thanks James Earl Ray for keeping the dream alive'.

Your body paralyzes itself when you sleep to keep you from acting out your dreams. However, it is possible to wake up while still paralyzed; many people who have experienced this claim they felt a malevolent presence nearby.

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1. A plaque honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. mistakenly thanked his assassin, James Earl Ray, instead of actor James Earl Jones. When officials received their plaque they were horrified to discover that it bore an inscription thanking James Earl Ray for “keeping the dream alive”

2. MLK's assassin James Earl Ray was once erroneously honored during a Lauderhill, Florida parade which was intended to praise the actor James Earl Jones. The town also accidentally created a plaque in January 2002 which read 'Thanks James Earl Ray for keeping the dream alive'.

3. Pigs are social creatures. They create close bonds with other members of the group and keep physical contact even during the night (neighbors are "connected" via noses). Pigs dream just like humans.

4. Muscles are paralyzed during REM to keep us from acting out our dreams

5. Martin Luther King's killer was accidentally honoured, on a name mix-up, with a plaque thanking him for "keeping the dream alive"

6. one idea of why we have such insane dreams is based on this idea that our brain, while we sleep, takes all this short term memory we learned during a day and either keeps it in long term or discards it. What is discarded may end up in a dream!

7. The story 'censors' banned displays of Barbara Eden's navel on I Dream of Jeannie are false. It was never an issue until TV reporters took an interest in it which was picked-up by 'Laugh In' who wanted to unveil the belly button, causing Jeannie producers to keep the navel covered

8. In 2002 a suburb of Fort Lauderdale, FL tried to honor actor James Earl Jones but mixed up his name with James Earl Ray, the assassin of MLK Jr. The plaque read: "Thanks James Earl Ray for keeping the dream alive"

9. In India it's believed that keeping knives and onions under your bed will ward off bad dreams

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James Earl Ray, the man convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., was once accidentally honored with a plaque in Lauderdale, FL meant for James Earl Jones. The plaque read 'Thanks James Earl Ray for keeping the dream alive'.