Sleep records/facts

The longest recorded sleep was 11 days.

In 2009, a 49-year-old Finnish man named Teemu Eriksson stayed awake for 11 days and
17 hours in a sleep research facility.
The shortest amount of sleep a person has survived on is 1.6 hours.
In 1980, a 26-year-old American woman named Randy Gardner was deprived of sleep for
264 hours as part of a sleep study. She experienced hallucinations, paranoia, and short-
term memory loss.
Newborns sleep an average of 14 to 17 hours per day.
As babies get older, they need less sleep. By the time they are one year old, most babies
only need 11 to 14 hours of sleep per day.
The longest anyone has ever stayed awake is 11 days, 25 minutes.
Randy Gardner, a 26-year-old student at the San Diego Sleep Research Center, was
monitored as he attempted to stay awake for as long as possible. He began to hallucinate
after 8 days, and his cognitive function declined significantly. After 11 days, he was
allowed to sleep, and he slept for 14 hours and 20 minutes.
The record for the most sleep deprivation in a row is 18 days, 21 hours, and 40
minutes.
This record was set by a Finnish man named Teemu Eriksson in 2008. Eriksson experienced
a number of health problems during his sleep deprivation, including hallucinations,
paranoia, and short-term memory loss.
The world's smallest mammal, the Etruscan shrew, sleeps an average of 14
hours per day.
These tiny creatures have a very high metabolic rate, which means they need to sleep a lot
to conserve energy.
Giraffes only sleep for about 5 hours per night.
They sleep in short bouts, often standing up, and they may even sleep with their eyes
open.
Elephants are one of the few mammals that can sleep standing up.
They can also sleep for up to 12 hours per night.
Humans are the only mammals that can voluntarily delay sleep.
This means that we can choose to stay awake even when we are tired.
We spend about one-third of our lives asleep.
This means that the average person spends about 25 years of their life sleeping.
Most prolific dreamer:
In 2016, Antonia Novello, a 63-year-old retired teacher from Melbourne, Australia, claimed
to have kept a dream diary for 64 years, recording over 35,000 dreams.
 Heaviest sleeper:
According to Guinness World Records, Rosaline Moriarty of Glasgow, Scotland, slept for 46
days straight in 2008.
Most naps taken in a 24-hour period:
In 2018, Tristin Leeper of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, took 32 naps in 24 hours.
There are five different stages of sleep:
Sleep is not a single state, but rather a series of stages that we cycle through throughout
the night. The five stages of sleep are:
NREM 1: This is the lightest stage of sleep. Your heart rate and breathing slow
down, and your muscles relax.
NREM 2: This is a deeper stage of sleep. Your brain waves slow down even more,
and your body temperature drops.
NREM 3: This is the deepest stage of sleep. Your brain waves are very slow, and
your breathing and heart rate are at their slowest.
REM sleep: This is the stage of sleep when we dream. Our brain waves are almost
as active as when we are awake, and our muscles are paralyzed.
We cycle through these stages of sleep several times throughout the night. Each
cycle lasts about 90 minutes.
Dreams can be in color or black and white:
Most people dream in color, but some people only dream in black and white. There is no
scientific explanation for why some people dream in color and others do not.
We can dream in any language:
We can dream in any language, even if we don't speak it fluently. This is because our
dreams are not generated by our conscious mind.
Not everyone dreams:
Some people do not dream at all. This is called non-dreaming sleep.
·The most common sleep disorder is insomnia.
Insomnia is characterized by difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. It affects an
estimated 10-30% of adults.