Interesting Facts About Sleeping

Here at Click 4 Beds we all love sleeping, that's why we work for a bed company! Here are some interesting facts about sleep that we've found for you to ponder.REM is called 'rapid eye movement' and is when our eyes move under our eye lids and is our deepest form of sleepREM sleep begins after we've been asleep for around 90 minutes and it comes in bursts throughout the night, in total about two hoursDuring REM sleep, we are practically paralysed, only our heart, diaphragm, intestine muscles, blood and eyes are not affected by REMWe spend approximately three quarters of our lives sleepingWe sleep for approximately six years or 2,100 days of our livesThe world record for the longest period without sleep is 18 hours, 21 days and 40 minutesYou should usually get to sleep within 10 to 15 minutes of tryingWe sleep three hours less than other primatesTeenagers and babies require 10 hours of sleep a night, adults need eight hours and seniors only need six hoursWe can take a short nap with our eyes openThe term 'good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite' comes from Shakespearean times when mattresses were filled with straw and secured on bed frames by ropesYou may have learnt something interesting about sleep from reading this article and maybe it will come in handy for a pub quiz!Take a look at our great range of beds, including metal beds, divan beds and leather beds now, so you can enjoy a good night's sleep.

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