Did You Know

Fun facts about sleep:

• People can take cat naps with their eyes open without even knowing it.
• Adults who don’t get enough sleep tend to act sluggish, but sleep-deprived children may be hyperactive.
• Humans spend about a third of their lives asleep.
• One in five adults fail to get enough sleep.
• Most dreams involve normal situations with familiar people; bizarre, fantastic or intense dreams are rare.
• A change in the body clock keeps most teens from feeling sleepy until 11 p.m. or later.
• Mild snoring is nearly universal - almost everyone is likely to snore at one time or another.
• More than half of adults report having nightmares occasionally.
• The first CPAP machines for the disorder sleep apnea were made from vacuum cleaners.
• Drinking caffeine during the day can affect how you sleep at night.
• Sleepwalking tends to be a fairly normal part of a child’s early sleep patterns.
• No one knows if other species dream but some do have sleep cycles similar to humans.
• Elephants can sleep while standing or while lying on the ground.
• Children tend to fall asleep faster and sleep longer when they go to bed before 9 p.m.