Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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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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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 harder you concentrate on falling asleep, the less likely you are to fall asleep.
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Sleeping on your stomach can induce weirder, scarier, and sexier dreams.
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