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a third of your life spent rehearsing death and calling it rest.
means the natural, recurring state of reduced consciousness in which the body rests, the eyes close, and most voluntary activity stops, allowing brain and body to recover.
from From Old English 'slǣpan' (to sleep) and the noun 'slǣp,' descending from Proto-Germanic '*slēpaną' — making it a cousin of Dutch 'slapen' and German 'schlafen.' Many trace the deeper root to a Proto-Indo-European sense of 'being slack' or 'limp,' the same loosening idea behind 'slack' itself — sleep as the body going soft and letting go.
- brain wash
- Spinal fluid flushes brain toxins while you sleep
- world record
- Eleven days awake before hallucinations took over
- half asleep
- Dolphins sleep one brain hemisphere at a time
- muscle paralysis
- Your body locks itself during dreams to prevent acting
- giraffe deal
- They survive on roughly thirty minutes nightly
rip van winkle — fictional character who slept for 20 years in the catskill mountains
sleeping beauty — fairy tale princess who slept for 100 years after a curse
narcolepsy in horses — thoroughbreds like ruffian experienced sudden sleep episodes mid-stride