Random Sleep Facts

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    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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    44% of kids watch television before they go to sleep.
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    47% of people have a nightmare at least once a month.
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    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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    Dieters who sleep more take off more fat that those who sleep less.
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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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    A new parent will lose about 1055.6 hours of sleep in the first year of their child's life - almost 44 days!
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