- If it takes you less than five minutes to fall asleep then very likely you are sleep deprived. The ideal amount of time is about 10 minutes.
- The average person spends 6 years of their life dreaming.
- That moment right before you fall asleep when all of a sudden you jolt wide awake has a name – it’s called a myoclonic jerk.
- Lack of sleep can raise the sensation of hunger by 25 percent. Sleep more and you can eat more or burn more calories.
- You burn more calories watching TV than you do sleeping.
- Half of all teenagers may be sleep deprived. Probably due the urge to go to tuitions so as to go extra miles than fellow classmates.
- Sleep-deprived people make risky decisions because they’re just too optimistic.
- Sleep disruption caused by working nights is even classified as a potential cause of cancer by the World Health Organisation.
- You strengthen memories made during the day while you sleep.
- Experts say one of the most alluring sleep distractions is the 24-hour accessibility of the internet.
- Sleeping directly after learning something new will improve your ability to remember it effectively.
- An average human will spend one-third of their life sleeping.