Honeybees never sleep.
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Bats sleep 18-20 hours per day.
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In China, teachers allow children to sleep in class for around 20 minutes to help improve their learning.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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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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The higher someone’s I.Q. the more likely they are to be sleep deprived.
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