Random Sleep Facts

    42 facts tagged with Sleep Facts

    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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    Dieters who sleep more take off more fat that those who sleep less.
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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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    Sleeping on your stomach can induce weirder, scarier, and sexier dreams.
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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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    The strangers in your dreams are actually people that you've seen in real life.
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    You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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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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