• REM is ‘rapid eye movement’ and it happens when our eyes move under our eye lids and it is our deepest of sleep

• REM sleep starts once we have been asleep for about 90 minutes and it comes in random bursts during the night, in totally approximately 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 1/3 of our lives asleep
• We sleep for around six years or 2,100 days of our lives
• The record for the longest time without sleep is 18 hours, 21 days and 40 minutes
• You should usually get to sleep within 10 to 15 minutes of trying
• We sleep approximately three hours less than other primates
• Teenagers and babies require 10 hours of sleep a night, adults need eight hours and seniors only need six hours
• We can take a nap with our eyes open
• ‘Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite’ comes from Shakespeare times when mattresses were made of straw and were secured on bed frames by rope

Hopefully, you will have learnt something interesting about sleep and reading this article might come in handy for a pub quiz!

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