Random Sleep Facts

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    You forget 90% of your dreams.
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    Cats and sleep
    Cats and sleep
    On average, cats sleep for 2/3 of their life. This would mean that a 9 year old cat has been asleep for 6 years.
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    You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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    A new parent will lose about 1055.6 hours of sleep in the first year of their child's life - almost 44 days!
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    Sleeping on your stomach can induce weirder, scarier, and sexier 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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    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
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    Napping After Learning
    Napping After Learning
    Taking a nap after learning something can help your retention of it.
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