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Here at Click 4 Beds we all enjoy sleeping, that’s why we work at 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 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 sleep for 1/3 of our lives
• We sleep for approximately six years or 2,100 days of our lives
• The world record for the longest time 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 require 10 hours of sleep a night, adults need eight hours and seniors only need six hours
• We can take a short nap with our eyes open
• ‘Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite’ comes from Shakespeare times when mattresses were filled with pieces 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!

Have a look at our great selection of beds, including divan beds, metal beds and leather beds now, so you can enjoy a good night’s sleep.