Here at Click 4 Beds we all love sleeping, that’s why we work for a bed company! Here are some useful facts about sleeping that we’ve found on the internet for you to read.
- REM is called ‘rapid eye movement’ and is when our eyes move under our eye lids and is our deepest form of sleep
- REM sleep begins after we’ve been asleep for around 90 minutes and it comes in bursts throughout the night, in total about two hours
- During REM sleep, we are practically paralysed, only our heart, diaphragm, intestine muscles, blood and eyes are not affected by REM
- We spend around 1/3 of our lives sleepng
- We sleep for approximately six years or 2,100 days of our lives
- The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 hours, 21 days and 40 minutes
- You should fall asleep within 10 to 15 minutes of trying
- We sleep approximately three hours less than other primates
- Teenagers and babies need 10 hours of sleep, adults should have eight hours and seniors only six hours
- We can take a nap with our eyes open
- The term ‘good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite’ comes from Shakespearean times when mattresses were made of straw and were secured on bed frames by rope
You may have learnt something interesting about sleep from reading this article and maybe it will come in handy for a pub quiz!
Have a look at our great range of beds, including divan beds, metal beds and leather beds now, so you can enjoy a good night’s sleep.
