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Fast facts

Now I lay me down to sleep...
•  We spend approximately one-third of our life sleeping.
• People can take "cat naps" with their eyes open and not even know it.
• If you fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow, you're probably sleep deprived. The ideal time to fall asleep is between 10 and 15 minutes.
• Seventeen hours of sustained wakefulness leads to a decrease in performance equivalent to a blood alcohol level of 0.05%.
• Continuous sleep deprivation has been linked to health problems, such as obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and depression.
• The "fall back" of the clock during Daylight Savings Time coincides with a decrease in the number of road accidents.
• Experts say that one of the most alluring sleep distractions is 24-hour access to the Internet.
• Sleep-walking is a disorder that affects an estimated 10 per cent of all humans at least once in their lifetime.
• The "fetal" sleeping position (lying on side with legs pulled towards chest) is the most common sleeping position.
• On average, we dream one to two hours per night.

Think a gallon of gas is expensive?
Look at what we are paying for other fluids...
Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 $10.32 per gallon
Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 $9.52 per gallon
Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 $10.17 per gallon
Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 $10.00 per gallon
Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 $33.60 per gallon
Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 $178.13 per gallon
Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 $123.20 per gallon
Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 $25.42 per gallon
Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 $84.48 per gallon
And this is the REAL KICKER...
Evian water 9 oz $1.49 $21.19 per gallon
The next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on water.

Some Interesting Stats on Health-Care Spending
Total Health-Care Budget in 2003 $121.4 Billion
Hospital Spending $36.4 Billion
Other Institutions $11.6 Billion
Drug Spending $19.6 Billion
Doctors $15.6 Billion
Other Professionals $14.5 Billion
Public Health & Administration $7.9 Billion
Other Health Spending $10.2 Billion
Capital $5.6 Billion
Source: Canadian Institute for Health Spending

Thunderstorms
• The dark colour of clouds in thunderstorms is caused by water accumulation.
• A lightning stroke can heat the air through which it travels to an incredible 30,000 degrees Celsius, which is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.
• The average flash of lightning could light a 100-watt light bulb for more than three months.
• To estimate the number of miles between you and a thunderstorm, count the number of seconds between the flash of lightning and the next clap of thunder, and then divide this number by five.
• The average thunderstorm releases the energy equivalent to a 20 kiloton nuclear weapon.

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