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What animal sleeps the longest?
Koalas can sleep 20-22 hours per day
100
What is the ideal amount of time it should take to fall asleep?
10-15 minutes
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What is Klinomania?
a.) The irresistible urge to stay cozy in bed all day
b.) The fear of falling asleep
c.) The feeling when you first wake up and do not want to get out of bed
d.) The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.
a.) The irresistible urge to stay cozy in bed all day
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What animal sleeps the shortest?
Giraffes can sleep either standing up or lying down and typically sleep for around 5 minutes at a time.
200
What animals hold hands with each other when they sleep?
Sea otters so they don't drift away from each other.
200
How much of a cat's life is spent sleeping?
2/3
300
What is the longest recorded time someone has gone without sleep?
11 days and 25 minutes.
While still in high school, a student named Randy went 264.4 hours without sleep, for which he won first place in the 10th Annual Great San Diego Science Fair in 1964.
300
What times do tiredness peak throughout the day?
2am and 2pm
300
Which sleeping position can help aid digestion?
Stomach with your hands above the pillow
400
What happens if you fall asleep at work while in Japan?
a.) straight to jail
b.) they make you wear pajamas to work for 1 week to show everyone that you were lazy
c.) they approve of sleeping at work
d.) they tell your family
c.) they approve of taking naps at work because they view it as a sign of exhaustion due to hard work.
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According to NASA, how long does the perfect nap last?
26 minutes
While napping between 10 to 20 minutes keeps you sharp, the perfect length is felt to be 26 minutes. NASA discovered pilots who got naps that lasted that long were 54 percent more efficient. That allows you to get rest, wake up refreshed, and ready to do whatever job is needed. Once you get to 30 minutes, your body falls into deeper sleep and unless you have the time for it, you’ll feel really groggy when you wake up.
400
If you took a piece of your brain the size of a grain of sand, how many neurons would it contain?
a.) 100
b.) 10
c.) 100,000
d.) 917
c.) 100,000
500
During what event do people go to bed later and sleep less?
The days leading up to a full moon
500
What percent of people dream in color?
75%
Bonus fact: before color TV, only 15% dreamt in color.
500
How much does a human brain weigh?
3lbs and it is made up mostly of water. The size and weight of the brain does not dictate intelligence its the ridges.