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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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.
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"Dysania" is the state of finding it hard getting up out of bed in the morning.
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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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44% of kids watch television before they go to sleep.
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Sleeping on your stomach can induce weirder, scarier, and sexier dreams.
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