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16 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know About Sleep. #5 Is Terrifying.

Sleep is absolutely essential for every human being. Despite scientists still not figuring out the process entirely, we still know a lot about this daily activity. Every mammal, bird and most reptiles, amphibians and fish require sleep to function. Here are 16 things you probably never knew about sleep.

  1. We can only dream about faces we have already seen, whether we actively remember them or not.
  2. When dolphins sleep, only half their brain shuts down. The other half stays awake to help with breathing cycles.
  3. Men have dreams about other men 70% of the time. But women dream about women and men equally.
  4. While you are sleeping your body recharges, your cells repair themselves, and your body releases important hormones.
  5. Parasomnia is a type of sleep disorder that makes you do unnatural movements despite being asleep. Crimes committed on parasomnia include: sleep driving, writing bad cheques, murder, child molesting and sexual assault.
  6. 12% of people dream only in black and white. This number used to be higher but since the advent of color television, more people dream in color than before.
  7. Dreaming is normal. People who do not dream generally have personality disorders.
  8. Sleep positions may determine your personality.
  9.  1 in 4 married couples sleep in separate beds.
  10. British soldiers were the first to develop a method in staying up 36 hours without sleep. When fatigued, they put on special visors that emulated the brightness of a sunrise and it woke them up.
  11. Longest sleeping mammals are koalas (22 hours) and the shortest sleeping are giraffes (1.9 hours taken in 5-10 minute sessions).
  12. You need different amounts of sleep depending on your age. Babies need the most (16 hours) and people over 65 need the least (6 hours).
  13. You’ll die from sleep deprivation before food deprivation. It takes 2 weeks to starve, but 10 days without sleep can kill you.
  14. Blind people can still see images in dreams. Those born blind experience dreams involving emotion, sound, smell, and touch instead of sight.
  15. Within 5 minutes of waking up, 50% of your dream is forgotten. Within 10 minutes, 90% is gone.
  16. 1 out of 50 teenagers still wet their beds.