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Normally, sleephugs would be creepy, but in this case, they're probably safe-for-work.

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Like many of you, I use a stop watch to time all of my hugs. Emese Nagy from the U.K.'s University of Dundee is also interested in the duration of hugs, and decided to use the Olympic games as a testing ground. With the help of an independent observer, Nagy observed over 188 hugs during the 2008 Olympics. From this, she concluded that, on average, hugs last about three seconds. Apparently this fits a larger pattern, with three seconds as a "basic temporal unit." As surprising as this information is, it's apparently not all that new.