Termites work 24 hours per day and they do not sleep.
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A new baby usually deprives each of it's parents around 350-400 hours of sleep in the first year. That is one entire nights sleep per week, per parent.
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You forget 90% of your dreams.
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Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people fake it to look committed to their job.
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Studies show that the colder the room you sleep in, the more likely you are to have a bad dream.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
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