Who thought that there might be some fun facts related to dozing off for a cat nap or a beauty sleep! We have listed down some fun and exciting facts about sleep that might not be known to you.
- Out of 100, 12 people have white and black dreams. Sad? But are the other 88 people happy with their colored dreams?!
- A cat spends 2/3rd of its life sleeping. That ball of fur you love loves its sleep more!
- A human tends to spend 1/3rd of their life sleeping.
- Who could think that sleeping could help your metabolism? Sleeping on your front can help you in digesting your food.
- On record, the longest period a person has been without sleep is 11 days.
- Research suggests that deaf people use sign language in their dreams.
- Freakish or unusual movements while sleeping are called parasomnia.
- Happened to dream of falling and jerking yourself to awake? It’s called ‘hypnic jerks’.
- It is remarked that 15% of the world’s population walk in their sleep.
- The only mammals who willingly delay falling asleep are humans.
- The chances of a person’s death from sleep deprivation are more than from food deprivation.
- If you are sleep deprived, you are most likely to have low pain tolerance.
- Experts suggest that there is a strong link between your personality and the position you sleep in mostly.