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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.
Randy Gardner holds the scientifically documented record for the longest period of time a human being has intentionally gone without sleep not using stimulants of any kind. Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours (11 days), breaking the previous record of 260 hours held by Tom Rounds of Honolulu. [210]
Norme, 19, attempted to break the record for the longest time without sleeping, which was set in 1986 by Robert McDonald who remained awake for 18 days, 21 hours and 40 minutes. He tried for 12 ...
However, Wright's friend Graham Gynn asserts that the Gardner record was the accepted record in the sleep research community. [2] Regardless, Wright's record claim was not credited by the Guinness Book of Records , since after 1990 it no longer accepted records related to sleep deprivation due to the health risks.
The longest time someone has spent holding their breath underwater is 24 minutes and 37 seconds. Frida Kahlo painted 55 self-portraits. Avocados are actually fruits, not vegetables.
The amount of time a person can survive without a source of water (including food which contains water) depends on the individual and the temperature. As temperature increases, so does water loss, decreasing the amount of time a person can survive without water. The longest anyone has ever survived without water was 18 days. [8]
Jay Leno is sharing why he just does not sleep much. ... I just gotta change my way, so say I go to bed at 2:00 or 2:30, I'll go to bed at 11:30,' and then I was up at 3:00," Leno says ...
Ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without sleep in 2005 [8] Completed "The Relay", a 199-mile (320 km) run from Calistoga to Santa Cruz, eleven times [9] Ran a marathon to the South Pole in −13 °F (−25 °C) temperatures without snowshoes in 2002 [10] Ran a marathon in each of the 50 states in 50 consecutive days in 2006 [11]