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		hammyhavoc on May 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Investing in lighting did great things for my ment... Our ancestors used to go to bed earlier and wake up in the middle of the night for a while before going back to sleep. Our schedules and concept of 'normal' (versus 'natural') has changed drastically.

shagie on May 28, 2022 [–]

For more info on the two sleeps:

The forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps' -- https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieva... and the HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29886907

And Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biphasic_and_polyphasic_sleep

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