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Re:Brains Sweep Themselves Clean of Toxins During Sleep (2013) by usaphp on Saturday August 15, 2015 @12:58AM (#10064373)
There was even a world record set by Randy Gardner [1] who was awake for more than 10 days and he was monitored by a research institute.

[1] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_(record_holder...

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Re:Brains Sweep Themselves Clean of Toxins During Sleep (2013) by beagle3 on Saturday August 15, 2015 @01:48AM (#10064468)
This is the latest recorded Guiness record, but most definitely not the longest recorded awakeness period: see [0] and [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_%28record_holder...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Wright_%28sleep_deprivati...

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