Random Sleep Facts

    42 facts tagged with Sleep Facts

    You forget 90% of your dreams.
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    If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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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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    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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    The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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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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    Honeybees never sleep.
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    Blue light fends off drowsiness in the middle of the night, which could be useful to people who work at night.
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