Interesting Facts # 607

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1547-11The world record for time without sleep is 264 hours ( ~11 days) by Randy Gardner in 1965 – Nevertheless; Michael Corke of Chicago suffered from rare genetic disease that affected his ability to sleep.   The disease, Fatal Familial Insomnia, led to his death in 1992 after going 6 months without sleep)

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