Random Sleep Facts

    42 facts tagged with Sleep Facts

    Hugging your pillow while sleeping indicates that you miss someone
    Pillow hugging while sleeping is a subconscious indication that you miss someone.
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    You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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    A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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    44% of kids watch television before they go to sleep.
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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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    Blue light fends off drowsiness in the middle of the night, which could be useful to people who work at night.
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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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    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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