Jeff Minton

• Before Thomas Edison's invention of the lightbulb, people slept an average ofa night; today Americans averageof sleep on weeknights andon weekends.

• In 2004, the National Portrait Gallery in London unveiled artist Sam Taylor-Wood's David, a sixty-seven-minute film of David Beckham sleeping.

• In 2004, sleep specialists treated an Australian woman who left her home and had sex with strangers while sleepwalking.

• Nearly one in four partnered adults say they have sex less often or have lost interest in sex because they're too sleepy.

• In 2005, a teenage sleepwalker was rescued after being found asleep on the arm of a 130-foot crane in London.

• Men are twice as likely as women to sleep in the nude -- 31 percent of men, 14 percent of women.

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42 percent of dog owners share their beds with their dogs.

• Many sleep experts consider 65 to 68 degrees an ideal temperature range for sleeping.

• Percentage of people who suffer at least one symptom of insomnia a few nights a week: 54.

• Sleep apnea, a breathing disorder characterized by brief interruptions of breathing during sleep, is estimated to affect more than 12 million people.

• In 2005, 60 percent of Americans said they had driven while feeling drowsy in the past year; 37 percent said they had actually dozed off while driving.

• Sleep-related auto accidents are most common among young male drivers.

• Ducks sleep with one eye open.



Sources:



National Sleep Foundation; National Institutes of Health; American Pet Products Manufacturers Association; ABC News.

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