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Sleepwalkers don’t feel pain, as long as they’re asleep

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Sleepwalkers: basically superheroes. (Picture: Getty)

According to science, sleepwalkers are basically superheroes.

Not just because they’ve mastered the height of multitasking – eating while sleeping? Genius – but because it turns out they have a secret superpower: they’re can’t feel pain.

But like most superheroes, sleepwalkers’ powers come with a catch. They are only impervious to pain as long as they’re asleep.

A new study published in the Sleep journal surveyed 100 sleepwalkers, 47 of whom had experienced some kind of violent accident while sleepwalking.

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