Random Sleep Facts

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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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    Cats and sleep
    Cats and sleep
    On average, cats sleep for 2/3 of their life. This would mean that a 9 year old cat has been asleep for 6 years.
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    If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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    You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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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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    47% of people have a nightmare at least once a month.
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    Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
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    Dieters who sleep more take off more fat that those who sleep less.
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