Random Sleep Facts

    42 facts tagged with Sleep Facts

    Camping Can Help to Reset Body Clock
    Camping can help to reset your body clock, according to research.
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    In China, teachers allow children to sleep in class for around 20 minutes to help improve their learning.
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    The harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
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    If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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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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    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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    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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    Cats and sleep
    Cats and sleep
    On average, cats sleep for 2/3 of their life. This would mean that a 9 year old cat has been asleep for 6 years.
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