Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
193
A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
23
44% of kids watch television before they go to sleep.
106
Termites work 24 hours per day and they do not sleep.
57
Blue light fends off drowsiness in the middle of the night, which could be useful to people who work at night.
240
The harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
34
People who sleep late have more mental stamina and can outperform early risers.
33
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.
57