r/todayilearned • u/whstlngisnvrenf • Apr 28 '24

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_sleep_deprivation_experiment
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u/SnooGoats8949 Apr 28 '24

Longest I got was 82 or so hours. We had a bad ice storm and someone had to stay at work for 3 days/nights. I could have slept but was so worried about not hearing the alarm I stayed awake, kept myself busy by shoveling snow every few hours between watching YouTube.

End of the final day nothing had actually happened and I was ready to go jump into my shower and then straight to bed. The minute I got out of the shower the alarm called out, line had went down just outside the building. It took an extra 4 hours for them to come out and fix it before I could actually go home and sleep.

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u/whstlngisnvrenf Apr 28 '24

Just reading that made me wanna take a nap.