There are lots of interesting behaviours people can exhibit while they are sleeping, whether that be snoring, sleepwalking, or talking in your sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation, humans are the only mammals that will willingly delay sleep for a variety of reasons.
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We have all heard that adults need eight hours of sleep, but that number varies based on the individual and can be anywhere between six to ten hours a night. Celebrities are not immune from strange sleeping habits, and reading some of these odd things that they do may actually help you feel better about your sleeping issues. Here are some to make you feel at home.
Nikola Tesla
Tesla is best known for contributing to the design of the alternating current electricity system. He followed a similar system to Leonardo da Vinci and claimed that he never slept for more than two hours a day. Tesla even claimed to once work for 84 hours straight without sleeping or getting any rest. He spoke of the thrill of being an inventor by saying that “such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.”
Michael Phelps
He sleeps in a high-altitude sleeping chamber that makes his body work extra hard to produce red blood cells and refresh his muscles with oxygen. Phelps told 60 Minutes “Once I’m already in my room I still have to open a door to get into my bed. It’s just like a giant box. It’s like ‘boy and the bubble’.”
Leonardo da Vinci
Da Vinci was known for far more than just his art, and was a strict follower of the Uberman sleep cycle which is a polyphasic sleep schedule. The cycle that Da Vinci followed includes taking a 20 minute nap every four hours. This may have given him more time to work on his art, inventions, and science experiments.
Charles Dickens
Dickens struggled with insomnia and certainly had a strange sleeping habit. The late great author traveled with a compass because he had to make sure he was always facing north when he was sleeping (or attempting to). Dickens somehow believed that not only would this help him sleep, it would also improve his creativity.
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston was a night owl and worked throughout the night, sometimes holding War Cabinet meetings from his bathtub. Churchill was the first person to become an honorary citizen of the United States and won a Nobel Prize in Literature.
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