Random Sleep Facts

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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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    The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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    Honeybees never sleep.
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    You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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    The strangers in your dreams are actually people that you've seen in real life.
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    One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
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    The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
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    Sleeping on your stomach can induce weirder, scarier, and sexier dreams.
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