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I was told by my Swedish neighbor Tomas that the European run youth hostels in Rio de Janeiro do not accept Brazilian travelers.  The reason is that when they do too many things end up being reported stolen.  Another point of reference in the Latin Business Model.  ( LBM ). 

The bottom 3 states of Brazil that are more Germanic than the rest and known to be the best for doing business are reputed to want to be an independent nation from the rest of Brazil.  These states are Parana, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande de Sul.  I say go for it.  In my opinion each person in the world needs to be their own independent nation.

All my life I have associated waking up with a sweat soaked bed with having slept very deeply.  I became curious to know what the physiological mechanism associated with this.  I was surprised to find out the only explainations online are ones that have negative health connotations.  They are listed in most articles as:

I am male so I’m going to rule out menopause.  The trouble with these explainations is that sweating at night is something that I have been doing since childhood.  Thus I have to rule out all the above purported causes.

As I said I associate sweating with very deep sleep.  I am deeply refreshed after a bedsoaking sweat session of sleep.  I assume various hormones are being called into play to repair the body. Maybe that is the cause. 

TakeAway: I would not assume you have a health issue.  It appears this phenomena is not explained completely by the old saw explainations.  I would be curious if anyone reading this has a more plausible explanation.

This is an excellent question and it requires a 2 part answer depending on whether you believe in MMGW or not.

If you believe: When you exhale you put out CO2 from your lungs. Thus you are increasing the process of anthropogenic warming. Therefore you should immediately hold your breath. You will thus die in something under 10 minutes.

If you do not believe: Do not hold your breath.