Random Sleep Facts

    42 facts tagged with Sleep Facts

    The average cat sleeps about 2/3 of the day.
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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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    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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    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 strangers in your dreams are actually people that you've seen in real life.
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    The record for the longest scientifically documented period without sleep is 264.4 hours (eleven days).
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    You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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