Things I discovered today #1
1. TWO-SLEEPS - THE OLD WAY OF SLEEPING
I was completely AMAZED to find out about two-sleeps. So what two-sleeps is:
Before the invention/use of electricity (in the 1800s) people had a totally different sleeping pattern.
People would go to sleep for 3-4 hours, and then have a waking period of about 3 hours where they'd just relax more or less, and then after this period go to sleep again until morning (this was in a period of about 12 hours). And bear in mind, this was the NORMAL way to sleep back then. EVERYONE slept like this. This was mostly due to having no electricity, when it was completely dark outside with no streetlights etc. people tended to naturally wake up (for the 3 hour period) naturally, where they'd have a bit of leisure time, and then go back to sleep again after. This happened for hundreds of years until the invention of electricity and street-lights became more common. I'm not 100% sure as to how the use of electricity changed the patterns, but here is the article I got the information from:
http://www.slumberwise.com/science/your-ancestors-didnt-sleep-like-you
2. SAINTE MARIE - THE ONLY PIRATE CEMETERY IN THE WORLD
On the island of Ile Sainte Marie (St. Mary's Island) of the coast of Madagascar lies the worlds only known (real) pirate graveyard. This is the burial place of many famous pirates who were known to have made their home on St. Mary's Island. The island served as a hotspot for pirate settlements (mostly because they were the only inhabitants), and it was strategically close to some shipping routes where they could easily loot plenty of gold and treasure from passing ships.
The graveyard used to consist of hundreds of tombstones but now only around 30 remain.
Article: thevintagenews.com/2016/06/22/pirate-cemetery-madagascar-worlds-оnly-pirate-graveyard
I was completely AMAZED to find out about two-sleeps. So what two-sleeps is:
Before the invention/use of electricity (in the 1800s) people had a totally different sleeping pattern.
People would go to sleep for 3-4 hours, and then have a waking period of about 3 hours where they'd just relax more or less, and then after this period go to sleep again until morning (this was in a period of about 12 hours). And bear in mind, this was the NORMAL way to sleep back then. EVERYONE slept like this. This was mostly due to having no electricity, when it was completely dark outside with no streetlights etc. people tended to naturally wake up (for the 3 hour period) naturally, where they'd have a bit of leisure time, and then go back to sleep again after. This happened for hundreds of years until the invention of electricity and street-lights became more common. I'm not 100% sure as to how the use of electricity changed the patterns, but here is the article I got the information from:
http://www.slumberwise.com/science/your-ancestors-didnt-sleep-like-you
2. SAINTE MARIE - THE ONLY PIRATE CEMETERY IN THE WORLD
On the island of Ile Sainte Marie (St. Mary's Island) of the coast of Madagascar lies the worlds only known (real) pirate graveyard. This is the burial place of many famous pirates who were known to have made their home on St. Mary's Island. The island served as a hotspot for pirate settlements (mostly because they were the only inhabitants), and it was strategically close to some shipping routes where they could easily loot plenty of gold and treasure from passing ships.
The graveyard used to consist of hundreds of tombstones but now only around 30 remain.
Article: thevintagenews.com/2016/06/22/pirate-cemetery-madagascar-worlds-оnly-pirate-graveyard
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