Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
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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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Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don’t drift away from each other.
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If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you 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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The record for the longest scientifically documented period without sleep is 264.4 hours (eleven days).
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