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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    "Dysania" is the state of finding it hard getting up out of bed in the morning.
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    A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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    The average cat sleeps about 2/3 of the day.
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    The record for the longest scientifically documented period without sleep is 264.4 hours (eleven days).
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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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    Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people fake it to look committed to their job.
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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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