Most people drive on normal highways every day. However, there are amazing, wildly constructed, and imaginative roads around the world with crazy stories to tell.

10 The Highway That Sings

We all know one of the major reasons for motor crashes is speeding. However, the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) curbs the speeding trend along Route 66 with a very creative trick. Route 66 in New Mexico plays the tune of “America the Beautiful” whenever someone drives over it. The highway itself is the musical instrument.

The patriotic tune can only be heard when drivers drive over the rumble strips on the right side of the highway at the speed of 72 kilometers per hour (45 mph). This is meant to act as a form of speed control, rewarding the driver with music if they do not speed. The feature was not added only for the entertainment—driving over the rumble strips prevents the drivers from falling asleep, another major cause of car accidents. The NMDOT also believes that by slowing down to enjoy the tune, motorists can enjoy the view of the state.

The construction was paid for by the National Geographic Channel as part of their show Crowd Control, which conducts experiments to understand more about human behavior.

9 The Highway With A House In The Middle

Most of us can only imagine what it’s like to live in the middle of a highway, but 67-year-old Luo Baogen of China and his 65-year-old wife actually did. Trouble started when the Chinese government wanted to construct a highway leading to a new railway station. They paid all the occupants of Xiazhangyang to vacate the neighborhood, but Baogen and his wife rejected the compensation because the money was not enough for them to build a new house.

The Chinese government went ahead and built a highway around the house. The five-story house stood in the middle of a four-lane highway. Chinese laws prevents the government from demolishing people’s houses forcefully, leading to many “nail houses.”

The building was later demolished after Luo Baogen and his wife choose to accept the compensation of 260,000 yuan ($41,000). Baogen didn’t want the attention from the media his bizarre living arrangement was causing.

8 The Highway Through A Runway

A major problem with the British territory of Gibraltar is the lack of flat land. This often results in rather inconvenient routes. The Gibraltar Airport runway runs straight through the Winston Churchill Avenue Highway. The highway is the busiest in the peninsula because it is the only road connecting Gibraltar to Spain, and it runs through Gibraltar’s only airport. Whenever an airplane has to land or depart, the gates and barriers on the road are shut, putting all traffic at a standstill. Any pedestrian on the runway is also expected to get out of the way of the aircraft.

This overlap is dangerous for both the motorists and planes. There are stern warnings around the airport warning pedestrians and motorists that dropping litter can hinder the safety of the people on the plane.

Fortunately, the airport is not a busy one, handling only about 30 flights a week. There are also plans to reroute the road so that it passes under the runway instead. Recent plans by the Gibraltar government to construct a tunnel will prevent the traffic obstructions, delays, and danger on the highway.

7 The Road With The Highest Speed Limit

If you find the average speed limit on your highway unexciting or slow, then the High Speed Test Track at Holloman Air Force Base (HSTTH) was constructed with you in mind. At the HSTTH, the average speed is 10 times the speed of sound. There’s a sign along the track that reads “Mach 10“—if you break this speed limit, you’re likely to be celebrated rather than issued a ticket.

Constructed in the late 1940s and early ’50s, the road is not intended for leisurely drives in the car; it was designed for high-speed tests. This road has aided innovations in parachute, seat belt, and nuclear technologies. The record for highest speed reached by a man on this track is held by John P. Stapp, who went at the speed of 1,017 kilometers per hour (632 mph) on the Sonic Wind Rocket Sled 1. The closest anyone has gotten to breaking the posted speed limit was mach 8.5 with another rocket sled.

6 The Atlantic Ocean Road

Atlanterhavsveien, or the Atlantic Ocean Road, is an 8.3-kilometer (5.2 mi) road located in the western part of the Norwegian coastline. The road comprises bridges, causeways, viaducts, and viewpoints for tourists. The road was originally intended to be a bridge before that plan was abandoned. Construction of the road began in 1983, and it took six years for it to be completed. Within that time period, the construction of the road was interrupted by 12 hurricanes. Twelve million Norwegian krone ($1.5 million) was spent on the development before the road was open for use on July 7, 1989.

The Atlantic Ocean Road is considered a national tourist route and acknowledged as the “Norwegian construction of the century.” It’s scenic view has made it popular among motorists and cyclists. It even has special landings along some of its eight bridges for fishermen.

5 The Tallest Bridge In The World

The Millau Viaduct, completed in 2004, is the tallest bridge in the world. Called the “marvel of art and architecture” by French president Jacques Chirac, the bridge was designed by British architect Lord Norman Foster and French engineer Michel Virlogeux. It’s 343 meters (1,125 ft) tall and 2,460 meters (8,070 ft) long. It was constructed to ease the traffic flow of motorists en route from Paris to Barcelona. The construction of the bridge took three years.

Construction of the road cost approximately €400 million ($440 million). The construction was privately financed by Eiffage, the same firm responsible for the Eiffel Tower. In return, they are expected to collect tolls until 2080—or as soon as 2044 if the bridge is highly profitable. The bridge is the tallest structure in France, slightly taller than the prestigious Eiffel Tower. On a cloudy day, the bridge sometimes gives the illusion that it is floating in the clouds.

4 The Extraterrestrial Highway

Nevada State Highway 375, popularly called the “Extraterrestrial Highway,” is a 158-kilometer (98 mi) road through the deserts of the American Southwest. The highway got its name from the numerous claims of UFO sightings by motorists who frequent the road. Adding to the credibility of the motorists’ claims is the mysterious Area 51, which is located along the highway.

Claims of UFO sighting on the route started in the 1980s, but people only began taking those claims seriously when Bob Lazar, an engineer, stated on television that he worked on an alien spaceship in Area 51 in 1989. Lazar’s television appearance led to lots of people touring the road to satisfy their curiosity. Seeing the tourism potential of their road, the state officially christened it the “Extraterrestrial Highway” in a ceremony witnessed by the lead actors of the movie Independence and some Fox studio executives.

The UFO sightings do have rational explanations. The highway also runs alongside the Nellis Air Force Base, where numerous secret aircrafts and missiles have been tested since 1950.

3 The Highway Without Vehicles

M-185 on Mackinac Island, Michigan, is the only carless highway in the country. The 13.4-kilometer (8.3 mi) road is usually only traveled by foot, horse, carriage, and bicycle as a result of an island-wide ban on automobiles. The ban was proposed in the early 1890s when tourists brought cars onto the island and disrupted the peace and quiet with all the traffic. Furious residents wanted nothing to do with the automobile, one resident reportedly calling it a “mechanical monster.” The ban was agreed upon in 1898, and the “horseless carriages” haven’t been allowed on the island since.

One small exception to the ban was made for the film Somewhere In Time, directed by Jeannot Szwarc. While cars were allowed on the island during the shoot, the actors and production team were not allowed to drive them—except while they were shooting.

After the advent of electric bikes, the island also rejected those because they might scare their horses and cause accidents on the highway. One of the very few vehicles allowed by the island is a police Jeep that assists the elderly during winter. During winter, snowmobiles may be used to move from one place to another. Children on the island can get a license for their snowmobiles at the age of 12.

Once in a while, there are small accidents on the highway. These accidents are mostly caused by tourists who choose to bike while intoxicated.

2 The Underwater Motorway

Named among the “seven wonders of the modern engineering world,” the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is a wonder to behold. The 37-kilometer (23 mi) road comprises four artificial islands and two high-level steel bridges, but that’s not what makes this motorway so special. The motorway, which was considered dangerous at first, dips below the water into two 1.6-kilometer (1 mi) tunnels.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was first envisioned in 1956 and strongly supported by Chesapeake Bay Ferry Commission chairman Lucius J. Kellam Jr. It cost almost $200 million to build. The United States Navy quickly pointed out the obvious obstacle the bridge would present to them—it would prevent their Atlantic fleets from reaching the ocean. To settle the matter with the Navy, the two tunnels were proposed. One of them can be seen at 9:00 in the video above, and the other at 14:15.

Certain vehicles are sometimes excluded from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel on certain days because it is prone to extreme storms and wind gusts. This occurs about 15–20 times per year. The wind can be so strong that it can blow cars overboard.

1 The Highest Highway

The Karakoran Highway, which is about 5,000 meters (16,000 ft) high, is the highest paved international road on Earth. The 1,300-kilometer (800 mi) highway was constructed to connect Pakistan to China through the Karakoran mountain range by the Pakistani government in collaboration with the Chinese government. The construction of the road began in the late ’60s, and the road was open for use in 1986. The highway was intended to make it easier for China to access Gwadar Port in Pakistan. The construction of the road was so dangerous that it claimed a life for every mile.

After construction, the highway remained dangerous. Motorists who traverse this road have been subjected to terrorist attacks in the past. Sometimes, the road is closed due to frequent landslides, some of which can cover an entire village. Some motorists have also been known to encounter snow leopards on the way to their destination.

Ah, Los Angeles! Home to Hollywood, once the mecca of all things movie-related. One of the most cinematic cities on the planet, L.A. has inspired great filmmakers across the globe for decades. From the dreamy Sunset Boulevard to the mysterious Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles has provided the perfect backdrop to some of the most iconic films in history. Today, the sun may be setting on Hollywood, but that doesn’t meant there aren’t still flashes of brilliance to be seen. Read our spoiler-free list with pleasure!

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10 Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood (2019)

Writer and director, Quentin Tarantino, provides an original take on the altercation involving Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate, and members of the infamous Manson Family.

The film follows famous Hollywood actor, Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), and his longtime best friend and stunt double, Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). Multiple storylines intersect in this modern fairy tale that pays tribute to the classic age of Hollywood, and nothing screams Tarantino like the epic climax of the film that will leave the viewer speechless.

The New Yorker film critic Richard Brody applauds Tarantino’s take on this important era. “The movie draws a very clear line regarding the end of that classic age: it’s set in 1969, at a time when the studios were in financial crisis owing to their trouble keeping up with the changing times, and its plot involves the event that’s widely cited as the end of an era, the Manson Family killings of Sharon Tate and four others at the house she shared with her husband, Roman Polanski.”^[1]

9 Nightcrawler (2014)

Dan Gilroy’s neo-noir thriller, Nightcrawler, stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Louis Bloom, a narcissistic sociopath and loner who works as a stringer, recording violent events that take place late at night in Los Angeles. Louis sells these videos to news channels that pay top dollar for the most gruesome, graphic footage. Void of any ethics and morals, Louis will stop at nothing when he becomes obsessed with obtaining the “money shot.” Gilroy snagged an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.^[2]

8 The Neon Demon (2016)

Another film from Nicolas Winding Refn, this 2016 psychological horror follows Jesse (Elle Fanning), a beautiful 16-year-old girl who moves to Los Angeles to pursue a modeling career. Jesse is quickly seen as the “next big thing” and proceeds to take the fashion world by storm. This positions her as a target for fellow members of the cutthroat industry who despise Jesse’s natural beauty and seek to destroy her at all costs. What happens next isn’t pretty.

Refn, who stated that he visualized the film as an “adult fairy tale,” shot The Neon Demon in L.A. because it’s the only city to which his wife was willing to accompany him “if we had to travel out of Copenhagen.”^[3]

7 Lost Highway (1997)

Two stories intertwine in this 1997 neo-noir film from David Lynch. Fred (Bill Pullman) is a jazz musician living in Los Angeles. He receives an ominous message over his home intercom one day saying, “Dick Laurant is dead.” The next day, Fred’s wife, Renee (Patricia Arquette), finds a VHS tape on their porch. Fred and Renee play the tape to find that it is a video recording of their house. Over the next few days, they receive more tapes. Eventually, the footage is inside the house of the couple in bed.

The police arrive but are no help. To distract themselves, Fred and Renee attend a party being thrown by Renee’s friend, Andy, with whom Fred believes she is having an affair. Another tape arrives the following day, but Renee is nowhere to be found, so Fred watches it alone. To his horror, the tape shows Fred standing over Renee’s dead body.

Fred is sentenced to death for his wife’s murder. While on death row, he vanishes from his cell and is replaced by a young auto mechanic named Pete (Balthazar Getty) who falls in love with a mysterious woman named Alice also played by Patricia Arquette.

In her New York Times piece Eerie Visions With a Mood of Menace, film critic Janet Maslin writes, “[Lost Highway] constructs an intricate puzzle out of dream logic, lurid eroticism, violence, shifting identities, and fierce intimations of doom.”^[4]

6 Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Sunset Boulevard, the classic 1950 film noir from director Billy Wilder, does not disappoint. An aging silent film star, the iconic Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), hires a young screenwriter, Joe Gillis (William Holden), to write the screenplay for what she believes will be her cinematic comeback. Desperate for money and a place to stay, Joe takes the job and moves in with Norma at her Hollywood mansion. He underestimates, however, the fragile mental state and instability of the has-been actress who spirals into madness in a desperate attempt to grasp at any final straws that will allow her to remain relevant.

Film critics agree that the film brilliantly illustrates the truth behind the glimmer of Hollywood:

“Sunset Boulevard isn’t only Billy Wilder at his finest, but the film is easily the best film ever made about Hollywood in cinematic history.” Danielle Solzman, Solzy at the Movies

“Sunset Boulevard, the blackest of Hollywood’s self-portraits, is an old dark house of a ghost story inhabited by the living shadows of its discarded stars.” Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com

“Rarely is fiction shot through so glitteringly with real life.” Marc Lee, Daily Telegraph

“One of Wilder’s finest, and certainly the blackest, of all Hollywood’s scab-scratching accounts of itself.” Geoff Andrew, Time Out

“Still the best Hollywood movie ever made about Hollywood.” Andrew Sarris, Observer^[5]

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5 La La Land (2016)

Somewhat overshadowed by the infamous mishap that occurred at the 2017 Academy Awards when it was mistakenly awarded the Oscar for Best Picture instead of Moonlight, La La Land still remains one of the most highly regarded movie musicals of the 21st century. Written and directed by Damien Chazelle, this romantic comedy features a jazz musician (Ryan Gosling) and an aspiring actress (Emma Stone) who fall in love while pursuing their dreams in Los Angeles, known for making or breaking artists.

While it didn’t win the Best Picture Oscar, La La Land received a record-breaking number of awards and nominations. The film won all seven of its Golden Globes nominations, five British Academy Film Awards (including Best Film), and six of its fourteen Academy Awards nominations (including Best Director for Chazelle and Best Actress for Stone.)^[6]

4 Under The Silver Lake (2018)

Under The Silver Lake is a lot of things. It’s hard to pinpoint just one genre. This 2018 neo-noir, black comedy, conspiracy, mystery/crime thriller was written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, following hot on the heels of his film It Follows, one of the best horror movie in decades. It stars Andrew Garfield as Sam, an unemployed, disenchanted young man living in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. Sam spends his days smoking cigarettes, reading underground comic books, and spying on neighbors while they swim in the pool.

Sam finally introduces himself to one of his swimming neighbors, Sarah (Riley Keough), who invites him inside. The two hit it off and make plans to see each other again. But when Sam shows up to her apartment the next day, he finds that she has vanished. This sends him on a journey through the City of Angels, as he starts to put pieces together and discovers that all of this may have to do with the latest comic he has been reading, Under The Silver Lake.

In his review for Variety, Owen Gleiberman writes of the film’s “Old Los Angeles” view of the world, going back to masters of noir fiction Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, “to Chinatown and Altman’s The Long Goodbye, to Mulholland Drive and Kiss Me Deadly and Inherent Vice.”^[7]

3 Drive (2011)

Drive is one of writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn’s most acclaimed films. Based on the 2005 James Sallis novel, this neo-noir action drama from 2011 is set in Los Angeles. It follows an unnamed Hollywood stuntman (Ryan Gosling) who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. After getting close with his neighbor (Carey Mulligan) and her son, the driver agrees to take part in a heist organized by the neighbor’s husband, who has just been released from jail.

The job goes horribly wrong, however, and the driver must risk his life to protect his neighbors. Rotten Tomatoes gives this R-rated flick a 92%, but buckle up: the violence is graphic!^[8]

2 Nocturnal Animals (2016)

Tom Ford has more than a brilliant fashion sense up his luxury-brand sleeve. In 2016, seven years after the designer made his brilliant directorial debut with A Single Man, Ford electrified audiences with neo-noir psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals.

Nocturnal Animals centers around Susan (Amy Adams), a successful Los Angeles art gallery owner who receives a manuscript written by her ex-husband (Jake Gyllenhaal), whom she has not seen in years. The film then diverges into three parts, flashbacks of the past involving Susan’s relationship with her ex-husband; the present, which is Susan’s life now with her current husband; and the dark, twisted world of the story her ex-husband wrote that forces Susan to examine how it parallels her own life and past.

At Roger.Ebert.com, critic Glenn Kenny praises a sequence “that’s one of the most discomfortingly suspenseful in a Hollywood film since, maybe, Blue Velvet.” Adams and Gyllenhaal are outstanding, as usual, but Michael Shannon and Aaron Taylor-Johnson will blow your socks off.^[9]

1 Mulholland Drive (2001)

David Lynch’s 2001 masterpiece, Mulholland Drive, is considered by many to be one of the greatest films of all time. In 2016, a BBC poll of film critics worldwide named it the best film of the new millennium. In this surreal neo-noir mystery, we are introduced to a brunette amnesiac (Laura Harring) who takes refuge at an apartment on Sunset Boulevard after stumbling down from a car accident that occured on Mulholland Drive.

There, she meets the blond and wholesome Betty (Naomi Watts), who is staying at the apartment (her aunt’s) and seeking fame as an actress. The amnesiac introduces herself as Rita but doesn’t actually remember who she is. Together, the two women try to piece together the mystery of her identity and what happened that night. The plot is otherwise impossible to summarize, as narrative twists leave it open to interpretation as to what is a dream and what is reality.

“Like a lot of critics who adore the movie, none of us got it the first time,” said Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang. “Any person who says they did is lying.” Of the film’s timeless quality, Chang says, “It very lovingly recreates the grand old Hollywood of yesteryear and yet it’s a movie about the evils underlying the industry and particularly what it does to actresses and to women who dream of working in the business. It’s about the allure and also the toxic underbelly of the dream factory.”^[10]

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Scary movies, thrilling TV crime shows, medications, and stress can all cause nightmares. But did you know that the snacks you choose can also put a damper on your quality of sleep?

The foods you consume can directly affect your sleep pattern and control the types of dreams you have at night. If you enjoy a little bedtime snacking, you might want to think twice about which foods you select.

10 Hot Sauce

You’ve probably heard that spicy foods and hot sauce cause bad dreams, and you may have even experienced it yourself. According to recent studies, the rumor is true.

A study published in Frontiers in Psychology showed that people who consumed hot sauce before bed had trouble falling asleep and experienced stressful dreams. Spicy foods change the body’s temperature which alters dream formations.

A study by a university in Australia also showed that hot sauce disturbs sleep patterns. Participants in the study were given hot sauce and mustard with their evening meals to assess the changes, if any, to their sleeping habits.

The sauce increased their total time awake, causing them to sleep and dream badly. As the sauce elevates the body’s temperature, brain activity is disturbed and nightmares can be produced. The bad dreams will have you sweating more than the hot sauce.^[1]

9 Cookies And Cake

As a kid, you were told that sugar before bed was a bad idea. We know that sugar can increase the risk of weight gain, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. But it can also cause bad dreams.

That is why it’s a good idea to stay away from cookies and cake before jumping into bed. In the research that was published in Frontiers in Psychology, 31 percent of those being studied reported bizarre dreams after eating foods like cookies and cake.^[2]

These sugary foods can alter dream formations during the REM (rapid eye movement) stage of sleep. So make sure you eat them at least six hours before you go to sleep.

8 Cheese

When it comes to foods that are most likely to give you nightmares, cheese ranks near the top. In the same study that was mentioned earlier, dairy had the highest percentage related to bad dreams. Almost 44 percent of participants reported having dreams of a disturbing nature after consuming cheese and other dairy products.

In 2005, the British Cheese Board released a study that connected cheese to nightmares. The research was conducted to debunk the myth that cheese can cause some terrible dreams.

The board used several types of cheese in the study, and some of them proved the board right. On the other hand, some cheeses were found to produce odd and vivid dreams.^[3]

Stilton cheese caused 85 percent of female participants to report bizarre dreams, while 75 percent of men also experienced odd dreams. Now we know why Ebenezer Scrooge blames cheese for his ghostly encounters in A Christmas Carol.

7 Salad Dressing

One of the more surprising foods that can cause bad dreams is salad dressing and other sweet sauces. These dressings and sauces contain hidden sugars that could keep you up all night or even disturb your sleep. Before downing a salad for dinner, check the nutrition labels on your favorite bottle of dressing to find those lurking sugars.^[4]

The study in Frontiers in Psychology showed that dressing and other sweet sauces were the cause of scary dreams for some participants. Excess sugar and inadequate fat adaption will disrupt your sleep by either producing dreams or causing you to wake up during the night. Avoiding the hidden sugars will help you avoid the monsters in your sleep.

6 Pasta

Carbohydrates are an essential part of a well-balanced diet because the body converts them into glucose, which is a form of sugar, and runs on them. Even though carbs are important to the body, it is best if you consume them well before bed. As we know that sugar disrupts sleep patterns, it isn’t surprising that carbs would do the same to someone trying to rest their eyes.^[5]

Participants in a recent study reported having disturbing dreams when going to bed after eating pasta or bread, and a small group even reported bizarre dreams. The study showed that pasta caused more disturbing dreams than all other foods except dairy and spicy foods.

There is nothing wrong with a delicious dinner from The Olive Garden. But it may be a good idea to schedule that meal a little early to avoid the dreams later.

5 Potato Chips

Greasy foods such as potato chips are bad for your health because they contain a high number of calories, increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, and crowd out the healthy foods you need. In one study, researchers found that eating foods like chips caused participants to get less restorative sleep and wake up throughout the night. Their results showed that good sleep depends on the types and amount of food that is consumed.

The study published in Frontiers of Psychology showed that about 12.5 percent of all disturbing dreams were caused by greasy foods like chips. The fatty snack food also can disrupt your digestive tract, making it hard for you to peacefully sleep at night. Your body will be working overtime to digest the food as you attempt to sleep.^[6]

Swapping to a healthier snack before bed can help decrease the bad dreams, but skipping snacks altogether is the only way to guarantee a good night’s rest.

4 Soda

Technically, soft drinks aren’t food. But what you drink before bedtime is just as important as the foods you consume. Caffeinated drinks make it extremely difficult for you to catch some sleep.

There are multiple reasons that sodas are bad for the body. For example, they may contribute to weight gain, lead to diabetes, and increase the risk of heart disease.

Sodas are responsible for various health conditions, but they can also cause nightmares due to their sugar and caffeine content. Caffeine directly stimulates the brain, even during sleep, which can help lead to unpleasant dreams.

As the brain struggles to relax fully due to the caffeine intake, it causes you to lightly sleep and produces some bizarre dreams. Avoiding caffeine four to eight hours before bedtime can reduce the risk of bad dreams. If you are sensitive to caffeine, try to avoid it for up to 12 hours before bed.^[7]

3 Chocolate

According to researchers in a New Scientist report, chocolate could be disrupting sleep and causing violent nightmares for sufferers. Just like soda, chocolate contains caffeine that could be triggering bad dreams for chocolate lovers. The study shows that more men are affected than women and it can even cause those having nightmares to shout as they dream.^[8]

Chocolate is known to contain compounds that have psychoactive effects on the brain which can lead to enhanced dreams. On the other hand, dark chocolate has been shown to contain healthy antioxidants, but it also disrupts a night of sleep.

The sweet treat also contains theobromine, an alkaloid that spikes the heart rate, leaving you wide awake at night. We know it is addictive and delicious, but try eating it as an afternoon treat instead of a midnight snack.

2 Fries

Most people know and believe that fried foods aren’t healthy, but it’s hard to deny their delicious tastes. Visit your local fair, and you’ll find anything and everything in a fried version—such as fried Oreos, fried Kool-Aid, fried jelly beans, and fried butter.

Even with so many fried foods to choose from now, french fries (or fried potatoes) still seem to be a favorite among many. Some consumers like them dipped in ketchup, some enjoy them smothered with chili and cheese, and others like them simply with salt.

People who ingested greasy foods such as fries reported having nightmares, though. It takes the body more time to process the carb-heavy food, which reduces the quality of shut-eye at night. Enjoying fries baked is a healthier option that reduces the amount of fat and the number of nightmares you will experience.^[9]

1 Ice Cream

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream . . . or maybe we’re screaming because of ice cream. That’s right, one of the best bedtime foods can cause nightmares.^[10]

Ice cream is loaded with fat and sugar, and the body doesn’t have enough time to burn any of it when eaten before bed. The carbs will actually pump your body full of energy as you try to sleep. This sends mixed messages to the brain that ultimately result in nightmares.

A bowl of ice cream at night while watching TV seems innocent, but you’re doing more harm to your body than you realize. Not only are you putting yourself in a position to experience bad dreams but all that sugar also turns to fat as you eat it. There is definitely no happy ending to that nightmare!

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