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January 4, 2006

"The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.
Charles Caleb Colton

• Salvador Dali - the famous painter with dreamlike masterpieces, according to legend, he claimed to be fully refreshed by a very odd, brief kind of nap. The story goes that he would put a metal pan on the floor, and doze off in his chair, holding a metal spoon above the pan. When he fell asleep, he would drop the spoon, and then wake up an instant later, when the spoon hit the pan with a clatter.

• Famous people such as Thomas Alva Edison, John F Kennedy, Napoleon Bonaparte and Winston Churchill despite the sensitivity and urgency of their work, average from 3-4 hours of sleep. They actually would oftentimes take micro-naps in the middle of the day.

• Former Philippines' President Joseph Estrada, some reports say, would take Wednesdays off during his tenure. He believed that the middle of the week is the best time not to sign a bill or meet his cabinet and devote it to rest and recreation. He was ousted by People Power which started on a Wednesday night when senators denied the opening of a crucial envelop to ensure his acquittal.

Famous sleepers include Sleeping Beauty and Rip Van Winkle, who both slept for years.

I slept for a total of 12 hours today and I consider that a world record - rather a weird record.

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