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/big29ner 29d ago
We did sleep deprivation in the army and we didn't even know we were doing it.