Sleep is very important. A person who does not sleep dies faster than a person who does not eat. We spend about a third (1/3) of our lives sleeping. That's about 121 days a year! How much sleep do we need? We are all different. A baby needs 16 hours of sleep every day. Children 6 to 12 years old need an average of 10 to 12 hours of sleep. Teenagers need 9 to 10 hours of sleep. An adult needs an average of 7 to 8 hours a night. There are some people who need only 3 hours of sleep. Others need 10 hours of sleep. After the age of 50, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night. We need less sleep as we get older. About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people can't fall asleep. The name of this problem is _ . Some people say, "I didn't sleep all night." But that's not really true. They may sleep lightly and wake up several times. In the morning, they only remember the times they were awake , so they think they were awake all night. This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin had four beds. He moved from one to another to fall asleep. Mark Twain had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed! QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. How many days per year do we spend sleeping?
2. For how much time in a year are we asleep?
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Q2:
1. How much sleep do we need?
2. What amount of sleep is necessary for a human being?
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Q3:
1. Do we need more sleep as we age?
2. Do higher amounts of sleep become necessary as we get older?
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Q4:
1. How much less sleep do we need as we age?
2. What does our need for sleep go down to as we get older?
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Q5:
1. How much sleep do babies need?
2. What amount of sleep is necessary for a baby?
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Q6:
1. How much sleep do teens need?
2. What amount of sleep is necessary for teens?
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Q7:
1. How much time throughout our lives do we spend sleeping?
2. How long throughout our lifetime are we asleep for?
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Q8:
1. Does not sleeping enough impact your health?
2. Does lack of sleep have an effect on one's health?
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Q9:
1. What are the health related consequences of not getting enough sleep?
2. How is one's health impacted by lack of sleep?
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Q10:
1. What does insomnia mean?
2. What happens when one has insomnia?
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Q11:
1. Did anyone famous have insomnia?
2. Did insomnia afflict any famous people?
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Q12:
1. Did anything help Benjamin Franklin sleep?
2. Did Benjamin Franklin figure out a way to get to sleep?
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