The harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
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Honeybees never sleep.
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Bats sleep 18-20 hours per day.
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If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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Blue light fends off drowsiness in the middle of the night, which could be useful to people who work at night.
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Some people have a "natural alarm clock" allowing them to wake up when they want. This is actually caused by a burst of the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin.
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The record for the longest scientifically documented period without sleep is 264.4 hours (eleven days).
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"Dysania" is the state of finding it hard getting up out of bed in the morning.
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