Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
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The record for the longest scientifically documented period without sleep is 264.4 hours (eleven days).
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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The harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
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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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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
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Termites work 24 hours per day and they do not sleep.
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