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Love naps? Today is the day to celebrate them

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

09:30 12 Mar 2018


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Unfortunately it falls on a Monday when chances are you're stuck in work reading this, but nevertheless we feel you should know that today is National Napping Day.

It's been proven that one or more naps daily can help increase alertness, creativity and memory.

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It's also believed than people including Nepoleon, Winston Churchill and Einstein were big napping fans.

According to daysoftheyear.com, evidence suggests a 37% reduction in occurrences of coronary mortality in those who take an afternoon nap regularly.

So, we suggest when you get yourself home this evening, wrap yourself up on the couch and enjoy the slumber, 'casue as Barbara Jordan once said, "think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap."


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