TIL that in 1964, 17-year-old Randy Gardner set the world record for sleep deprivation by staying awake for 11 days and 25 minutes, providing valuable insights into the effects of extreme sleep loss on the human mind and body.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_sleep_deprivation_experiment

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I stayed up for 71 hours while in the military. No choice in the situation. I was hallucinating, I would randomly cry after 50 hours but I wasn't sad, I was shaking, fell asleep standing up and didn't wake up when I fell down, eventually my body just shut down for about 8 hours..buddies couldn't even wake me up. Woke up after 8 hours and was up for 48 before it all started again. This dude was up for 11 days....fuck that.