How the Rest of the World Sleeps

HOW THE REST OF THE WORLD SLEEPS AMERICANS ARE SIMILAR TO BRITS BUT TEND TO PREFER THINGS ON THE LARGER SIDE SO AMERICAN BEDS TEND TO BE SLIGHTLY WIDER AN BE AN BE OF AMERICANS SLEEP ON TO 1/3 KING SIZE 2/3 OF AMERICANS SLEEP ON QUEEN SIZES Americans are more likely to sleep with their pets than any other nation. We wondered whether it's one of the reasons why they prefer bigger beds? * TOP USA MATTRESS SEALY POSTUREPEDIC WINNER! Sealy IS THE BIGGEST SELLING BRAND IN Posturepedic THE UNITED STATES President Abraham Lincoln SLEEPY FACTS U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was known to suffer from insomnia during the Civil War years and insisted on imposing sleepless nights on his colleagues and personal aide too. HOW DO PEOPLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES SLEEP... SLEEPING LIKE A MEXICAN MEXICO, SIMILARLY TO SPAIN, HAVE AFTERNOON SIESTAS WHERE MOST SHOPS CLOSE BETWEEN 1PM – 4PM AS MEXICANS TAKE HALF AN HOUR TO NAP AFTER LUNCH. On average per day, Britons sleep for ... 7 hours 20 minutes while Mexicans are reported to have the highest average of sleep which is... that is 1 hour more than Brits, 8 hours 15 minutes which is 2 extra weeks in bed each year! Mexican Mayan “HAMACA" SLEEPY FACTS People from the Yucatan region of Mexico sleep in hammocks throughout their entire lives and are often conceived and born in these traditional hand woven slings. THE JAPANESE WAY OF SLEEPING TODAY, A LOT OF JAPANESE CHOOSE TO SLEEP IN WESTERN STYLE BEDS... 60 10100 % SLEEP IN WESTERN STYLE BEDS LIKE SILENTNIGHT Silentnight COMPARED TO 40 WHO INDICATED TO SLEEP IN JAPANESE STYLE FUTONS SLEEPY FACTS Napping at work isn't acceptable in the UK but it is in Japan! Their culture recognises 'inemuri', sleeping on the job, as the outcome of working very hard, for which the worker is then praised. JAPANESE “POWER NAPS" SLEEPING OUT OF THIS WORLD ASTRONAUTS CAN PRACTICALLY SLEEP ANYWHERE IN A SPACECRAFT, AS LONG AS THEY TETHER THEMSELVES TO SOMETHING: THE FLOOR,WALLS OR THE CEILING NASA Announcement of a 70 Day Sleep Study The National Aeronautics and Space Administration agency is researching sleep in space! memory foam that we now are now looking for participants Not only have NASA invented use in our mattresses, but they to check Facebook without getting out of bed for any reason for 24 hours! SLEEPY FACTS While orbiting the earth, astronauts experience 16 sunsets every 24 hours and a new "day" approximately every 90 minutes. While 16 stunning sunsets is a treat for the astronauts, it's a challenge to maintain a regular sleeping pattern! BEDS | CARPET | LAMINATE | RUGS | VINYL www.carpetright.co.uk Compet IGHT sleep right beds feel right at home Source: http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_6865189_do-sizes-american-bed-sizes_.html http://pets.webmd.com/features/pets-in-your-bed http://www.us-mattress.com/brand-info.html http://sleepbetter.org/election-2012-presidential-sleep-problems/ International Bedroom Poll by National Sleep Foundation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta http://www.mexihammocks.com/history_of_hammocks.php http://www.japan-guide.com/topic/0105.html http://www.silentnight.co.uk/ http://uselessk.com/knowledge/japanese-power-nap/145 http://science.howstuffworks.com/sleep-in-space1.htm http://rt.com/news/nasa-pay-bed-study-065/ http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/living_sleeping.asp AME ERICA