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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    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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    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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    You forget 90% of your dreams.
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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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    Dieters who sleep more take off more fat that those who sleep less.
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    Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
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    You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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