People Did Very Weird Things Before Modern Inventions Came Along

We Only Slept Four Hours At A Time

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Ever wonder why you love napping so much? Before the invention of false light, humans would just fall asleep whenever they wanted. If they slept during the night, they would wake up about every four hours, get some housework done or contemplate life, then go back to sleep.

Letting yourself sleep for eight hours isn’t natural. Being able to light up our world or make it go dark with the flip of a switch changed our natural sleeping habits. Now, when you need to take a nap, don’t feel bad, it’s just your body fighting the system. Up next, you’ll never look at your toothbrush the same way again.