Random Sleep Facts

    42 facts tagged with Sleep Facts

    You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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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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    Dieters who sleep more take off more fat that those who sleep less.
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    Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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    Bats sleep 18-20 hours per day.
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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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    Studies show that the colder the room you sleep in, the more likely you are to have a bad dream.
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    "Dysania" is the state of finding it hard getting up out of bed in the morning.
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