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Randy Gardner (born c. 1946) is an American man from San Diego, California, who once held the record for the longest amount of time a human has gone without sleep.In December 1963/January 1964, 17-year-old Gardner stayed awake for 11 days and 24 minutes (264.4 hours), breaking the previous record of 260 hours held by Tom Rounds.
However, the Guinness record was actually for 11½ days, or 276 hours, and was set by Toimi Silvo in Hamina, Finland, from February 5 to the 15th, 1964, and Wright did not in fact break the Guinness record. [2] However, Wright's friend Graham Gynn asserts that the Gardner record was the accepted record in the sleep research community. [2]
Memos signed by Steven G. Bradbury in May 2005 claimed that forced sleep deprivation for up to 180 hours (7 + 1 ⁄ 2 days) [198] [199] by shackling a diapered prisoner to the ceiling did not constitute torture, [200] nor did the combination of multiple interrogation methods (including sleep deprivation) constitute torture under United States law.
The New York Post quoted the analyst as saying, “What is not ok to me is 110-120 hours over the course of a week! The math is simple, that leaves 4 hours for eating, sleeping, showering bathroom ...
The story recounts an experiment set in 1947 at a covert Soviet test facility, where scientists gave political prisoners a stimulant gas that would prevent sleep for fifteen days. As the experiment progresses, it is shown that the lack of sleep transforms the subjects into violent zombie-like creatures who are addicted to the gas. At the end of ...
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Fencer Lauren Scruggs is not quite sure what just happened Lauren Scruggs (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP - Getty Images) We always love a good reaction shot after winning gold, and fencer Lauren Scruggs ...
The artwork consists of a brown dog with a human figure, wearing a grey crew neck sweater, blue jeans, and dirty red Converse shoes. [1] [2] [4] [5] He is smirking with his hands in his pocket, with the caption written by Banks that he is a "chill guy".