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In reply to the discussion: Trump says he sleeps four hours a night. [View all]haele
(12,646 posts)37. Apparently in the pre-industrial days, people would regularly nap for an hour or two after supper,
Wake up again for an hour or two worth of easy activity (pick-up type cleaning, talking, reading, writing, playing games, sex, whatever...), then go to back sleep for six to eight hours until they would get up to do the next day's tasks.
The first "nap" was to rest the body, then the sleep was to actually rest the mind.
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I remember learning that long ago - you can live without food longer than without sleep
Rhiannon12866
Dec 2017
#2
He really doesn't even exist in real-world reality. I think he truly believes the nonsense that
RKP5637
Dec 2017
#10
Wow! You learn something new every day. I didn't think that an incubus slept. Huh.
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2017
#26