Eli5: Why do we need to sleep so much, what happens in the body when asleep that cannot happen while normal resting or relaxing? Or is it just for the brain?

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Eli5: Why do we need to sleep so much, what happens in the body when asleep that cannot happen while normal resting or relaxing? Or is it just for the brain?

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The truth is nobody knows. The most common hypothesis is that that time is used by your brain to “tidy up” , to process experiences, learned things, thoughts, etc.

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