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Humans spend a third of their life sleeping. That's about 25 years.

Parents of new babies miss out on 6 months worth of sleep in the first 2 years of their child's life.

The record for the longest period without sleep is 11 days.

An experiment in 1998 found that a bright light shone on the backs of human knees can reset the brain's sleep-wake clock.

Sleeping less than 7 hours each night reduces your life expectancy.

Only one-half of a dolphin's brain goes to sleep at a time.

Lack of sleep can cause weight gain of 2 pounds (0.9 kg) in under a week.

Before alarm clocks were invented, there were "knocker-ups" who went tapping on client's windows with long sticks until they were awake.

It's impossible to sneeze while sleeping.

Sleeping on the job is acceptable in Japan, as it's viewed as exhaustion from working hard.

Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don't drift away from each other.

People experience better sleep during the new moon and worse sleep during a full moon, a study found.

Many Tibetan monks sleep upright.

Half of the pilots surveyed in the UK admitted to having fallen asleep while flying a passenger plane.

Memories take hold better during sleep.

Rabbits often sleep with their eyes open.

Later school start times improve sleep and daytime functioning in adolescents, a study says.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

The occurrence of nightmares could be due to heart conditions, migraine, sleep deprivation and beta blockers.

A baby's brain can use up to 50% of the total glucose supply, which may help explain why babies need so much sleep.

During WW1, a Hungarian man was shot in the frontal lobe, making it impossible for him to fall asleep. He continued to live a full, sleepless life.

In darkness, most people eventually adjust to a 48-hour cycle: 36 hours of activity followed by 12 hours of sleep. The reasons are still unclear.

The average person in France sleeps 8.83 hours per day, the most in the developed world.

We lose over a pound of weight during sleep by exhaling.

Dysania is the state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

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