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💤 Why We Sleep

Every Animal & Many Plants Sleep, WHY???

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Mar 14, 2024
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The world’s record for fasting without solid food is 20 times longer (382 days) than the record for not sleeping (~19 days).

  • Why is sleep so much more important than food?

  • Why do we sleep?

We don’t often contemplate these questions. We all recognize we must sleep in order to survive. Poor sleep is also associated with a variety of serious problems includ…

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