Random Sleep Facts

    42 facts tagged with Sleep Facts

    The record for the longest scientifically documented period without sleep is 264.4 hours (eleven days).
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    47% of people have a nightmare at least once a month.
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    You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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    Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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    Those who get out of bed by 7am are more likely to be thinner and happier.
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    The strangers in your dreams are actually people that you've seen in real life.
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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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    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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