FUN FACTS ABOUT SNORING!! zZzz..

1. This year’s theme for National Stop Snoring Week is “Can new technology help the nation stop snoring?” centred on a survey into how phone apps can help achieve a peaceful night’s sleep.

2. Men are twice as likely to snore as women.

3. According to the British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea Association, the top causes of snoring are being overweight, smoking and drinking alcohol.

4. Snoring can be hereditary – nearly 70 per cent of snorers have a family link.

5. “Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone” (Anthony Burgess).

6. “Thou dost snore distinctly, There’s meaning in thy snores,” (Shakespeare, The Tempest).

7. Bed partners of snorers visit their GP more frequently than bed partners of non-snorers.

8.** The European Patent Office lists more than 1,600 inventions said to prevent snoring.**

1. The village of Great Snoring in Norfolk is smaller than Little Snoring, which is two miles away.

2. One of the loudest ever snores was recorded at 111.6 decibels, which is louder than the sound made by a low-flying jet plane.

By: William Hartston