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00:00The theory of parallel worlds has been discussed in the scientific community for a very long time.
00:05Unfortunately, we're not developed enough yet to prove or disprove it.
00:10But it's still an interesting theory, and that's why we have a lot of unusual urban legends about
00:16the guests from a parallel reality, according to many. Let's check out a few of them.
00:23A man from a non-existent country
00:26This story took place in 1851 in a small German village, Frankfurt an der Oder.
00:33A lost man came out to the local villagers, asking for help.
00:37The man introduced himself as Jopar Voren.
00:40He spoke very poor German and had a very strong accent.
00:44The man himself claimed that he speaks Laxar and Abram, languages that don't actually exist on our Earth.
00:52He claimed to be from Laxaria, a country on the mainland called Sacria, separated from Europe by a huge ocean.
01:01However, none of these places existed on the Earth's map.
01:06People sent Jopar to the local authorities.
01:08He talked to a psychiatrist, but the doctor concluded that the man was totally sane.
01:14An investigation by the local police also revealed nothing suspicious about him.
01:19Jopar Voren claimed that the purpose of his visit to Europe was to find his long-lost brother.
01:25He survived a shipwreck and found himself near the village.
01:29They showed him a map of the world and a globe and asked him to indicate the place where he
01:33crashed.
01:34But he didn't recognize anything familiar.
01:38He seemed to have extensive knowledge about his homeworld.
01:41Jopar named five main continents on it.
01:44Sacria, Aflar, Ostar, Auslar, and Euplar.
01:50His story was considered plausible.
01:52Scientists from Frankfurt decided to send the man to Berlin for further research.
01:57However, during the trip, he had something like a seizure.
02:00The man suddenly jumped out of the carriage and disappeared into the surrounding forest.
02:06Despite a long and thorough search, no traces of Jopar were found.
02:10He seemed to have disappeared as mysteriously as he had appeared.
02:15Inspector Leboeuf, who was assigned to escort him to Berlin,
02:19thought this man could be a being from another world,
02:22and that he had returned from where he had come from.
02:27Lady on Highway 167
02:30This incident happened on October 20th, 1969.
02:34It was first reported in 1988 in the magazine Strange.
02:39The article tells about two men,
02:42L.C. and his business partner, Charlie.
02:45The names are fictitious.
02:46One afternoon, L.C. and Charlie were driving along Highway 167 in southwest Louisiana.
02:53Discussing work, they drove toward the oil center of Lafayette.
02:57The highway was empty at first,
02:59but then the men noticed a very old and very slow car ahead.
03:04The men started discussing this mysterious car.
03:07Such cars hadn't been produced for several decades,
03:10but this one looked quite new.
03:12The men thought it was thanks to the owner's care and admired it.
03:17They slowed down to get a better look at the car.
03:20L.C. noticed a bright orange sign on it that said,
03:241940.
03:25They saw a driver.
03:27It was a young woman in old-fashioned clothes,
03:29a hat with a long feather and a fur coat,
03:32even though it was warm outside.
03:34There was a child next to her,
03:36also dressed in a warm coat and a hat.
03:40L.C. and Charlie wanted to talk to her,
03:42but then they noticed the expression on her face.
03:45The woman was looking around in panic,
03:48almost on the verge of crying.
03:51L.C. called out to her and asked if she needed help.
03:54She nodded,
03:55and he gestured for her to park on the side of the road.
03:58But when the men also parked,
04:00they suddenly noticed that the woman's car had disappeared.
04:03They looked around the highway in shock.
04:06She couldn't have gone somewhere far so fast,
04:09but the car was nowhere to be found.
04:12After some time,
04:13another man drove up to L.C. and Charlie.
04:15He saw everything that happened
04:17and claimed that the car had simply disappeared.
04:20The men talked about the incident for several hours.
04:23When they reached the city,
04:25they contacted the police.
04:26However,
04:27the police couldn't help them in any way.
04:29Apart from their words,
04:31there was no confirmation of the existence of the car.
04:33The case was discussed for a while in local newspapers
04:37and then was forgotten.
04:41The Gadianton Canyon Incident
04:44This incident occurred in May of 1972
04:47in southeastern Utah
04:49near the Modena Railroad Crossing
04:51on the edge of the Escalante Desert.
04:54Jenna North was driving her father's 1971 Chevrolet Nova.
04:58Her friend, Carol Abbott,
05:00was in the passenger seat.
05:01In the back seat,
05:03there were two other girls,
05:04Lisa Rockford and Bethany Gordon.
05:07It was after 10 p.m.
05:08when the girls crossed the Utah-Nevada state line.
05:11They wanted to get back to campus
05:13before their housekeeper,
05:14Mrs. Mortensen,
05:15locked the dorm doors.
05:18This stretch of Highway 56 in Utah
05:20is pretty deserted.
05:22There's nothing there but sand and a few plants.
05:25The girls were very happy
05:26when they finally noticed
05:27the Union Pacific Railroad crossing in Modena.
05:30But right behind the railing,
05:32Jenna noticed two highways.
05:34One went into the desert
05:35and the other to Gadianton Canyon.
05:38The girls decided to take the road to the canyon.
05:41They thought it would be a shortcut to campus.
05:43The other girls were chatting with each other
05:46when Jenna noticed
05:47that they were no longer driving on asphalt,
05:49but on white cement.
05:51Watch out!
05:52suddenly shouted one of the girls.
05:54The road ended abruptly at a high rock wall.
05:57It was a dead end.
05:59They had to go back the same way they came here.
06:02And while Jenna's friends were complaining
06:04that now they would have to sleep in the car,
06:06Jenna saw that the landscape had changed dramatically.
06:10They weren't in the desert anymore.
06:12Instead, the canyon turned into an open area
06:15with wheat fields, pine thickets,
06:18and a small lake ahead.
06:19A full moon was shining in the sky,
06:22which was strange,
06:23because it shouldn't have been there that night.
06:26The girls had no idea where they were,
06:28so they just drove to the light ahead.
06:31It was some building that they thought
06:32was a diner or restaurant.
06:34The girls saw a bright neon sign,
06:37but none of them could read what was written on it.
06:39These symbols were unlike any language they knew.
06:43Suddenly, several people came out of the building.
06:46They seemed shocked and frightened by Jenna's Chevrolet.
06:49They waved their hands and shouted something,
06:51but the girls didn't understand them.
06:53Lisa decided to ask the men for directions.
06:56She stuck her head out of the window and
06:59immediately let out a terrifying scream.
07:02Get out of here, she shouted to Jenna.
07:04The Chevrolet sped away from the building.
07:07Bright headlights illuminated their car from behind.
07:09They were being chased by a few vehicles.
07:12These vehicles were egg-shaped,
07:14had three wheels, and made a buzzing sound.
07:18The road ahead led back to the canyon.
07:20Jenna didn't have time to slow down and crashed right into it.
07:25The vehicles had disappeared,
07:27together with an unfamiliar landscape.
07:29The girls were back in the desert again.
07:32Fortunately, none of them were hurt, physically.
07:35But Lisa was in a state of shock.
07:37She was saying again and again,
07:39they weren't human.
07:40The girls had to help her walk.
07:42An hour later, they were able to stop a Utah highway patrol car.
07:47They told the police their story.
07:48The details of the report compiled by the police officer
07:52were complicated and confusing.
07:54During the investigation,
07:56the police couldn't figure out from the tire tracks
07:58exactly where the car went astray.
08:01The tracks ended very abruptly,
08:03as if the Chevrolet had suddenly disappeared.
08:06The police couldn't explain how the car could have driven
08:09two miles without leaving any traces,
08:11especially on such solid ground.
08:13There are still disputes about this story.
08:16But in the end,
08:17all versions and explanations of what happened
08:20are just guesses.
08:22Perhaps we'll never find out the truth.
08:25These were the urban legends about interdimensional traveling.
08:28Of course, there's no proof that any of these stories are real.
08:32Often, the truth turns out to be very mundane.
08:35For example, the famous man from Taurad,
08:38who people also called a guest from another reality,
08:42turned out to be a simple fraudster named John Allen Kuchar Zegras.
08:46But even so, these stories are still very interesting.
08:51Wakey-wakey, it's time for another Victorian day!
08:55Meet Daphne, a typical Londoner of the 19th century.
08:58She and her husband John are ordinary Victorian people.
09:02Despite common 21st century rumors,
09:04they didn't marry young.
09:06Actually, back then,
09:08few people married earlier than at the age of 22.
09:12Getting up would be way easier
09:14if it hadn't been that cold in their house.
09:16Daphne and John aren't that well off,
09:19so they couldn't afford the Victorian-style central heating,
09:22which is a coal fireplace plus iron gates.
09:26Still, even wealthier classes who have it
09:28don't really fancy lighting that one,
09:30since heating is quite pricey.
09:33So the only thing to keep Daphne and her Victorians
09:36from Victorian permafrost is an old rug.
09:38Yeah, you don't want to step on the floor barefoot.
09:41To top all that off,
09:42due to the complete absence of in-room ventilation,
09:45the air in any Victorian house
09:48is often quite stuffy.
09:49So, the doctors advise opening windows overnight
09:52to let all the nasty smells out.
09:55Daphne usually wakes up alone
09:57as her husband is a factory worker
09:59and needs to be punctual.
10:00For that purpose,
10:02he uses the services of knocker-uppers.
10:05These guys wander the streets early in the morning
10:07and casually tap on the window panes.
10:10That's a pretty economical alternative
10:12to watches and clocks.
10:14For a fresh start in a stand-up,
10:16makeshift shower each morning,
10:18all Daphne needs is a bowl,
10:19a slop pail,
10:20and a piece of cloth
10:21and some soap.
10:22The main ingredient is a jug of hot water
10:25to make the whole morning routine
10:27less stressful.
10:28Also, Victorian soap
10:30just won't lather in cold water.
10:32A nice hack.
10:33It's easier and warmer
10:35to wash your body part by part.
10:38As for a beauty routine,
10:40sure thing there were no nail salons.
10:42But even if there had been some,
10:43they couldn't have been very popular
10:45among working-class women.
10:47Rose pink nails and soft skin
10:49were a badge of idleness,
10:51which wasn't fancy at all.
10:53On the contrary,
10:55Victorian noble ladies
10:56did have certain rules for their nails.
10:58No specks or ridges.
11:00The nails should be oval
11:01and no nail color was allowed.
11:03While ladies used lemon
11:05to keep freckles away from their hands,
11:07working-class women like Daphne
11:08opted for lard
11:10to soften up their skin.
11:12Daphne and many other Victorian women
11:15work from home.
11:16Nope, she doesn't have a dozen
11:18of Zoom calls each day,
11:19but she's pretty good at sewing,
11:20so she can work in pajamas
11:22just like many people do today.
11:24Unlike his wife,
11:26John works a 16-hour shift
11:28at a factory,
11:29and that's completely fine
11:30for the Victorian era.
11:31But if he were a lawyer,
11:33he'd work less,
11:34from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
11:37The upper-class gents
11:38usually did their business
11:40from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
11:43Without a smartphone,
11:45John can't call an Uber,
11:46so he has to walk
11:47a whopping 4 miles
11:48to and from work each day.
11:51Instead of taxis,
11:52there were horse-drawn carriages.
11:54But such journeys
11:56could even hurt the people
11:57because of the lack of suspension,
11:59and the seats were small
12:01and uncomfortable.
12:02There were also
12:03horse-drive omnibuses,
12:05but passengers complained
12:06that whenever a horse
12:07suddenly stopped,
12:08they could be easily
12:09pitched off into the road.
12:12Hey, do you skip breakfast
12:14or hastily grab something
12:15before you go,
12:16just like John does?
12:18If so,
12:18it's something you have in common
12:20with Victorian workers.
12:21Their breakfast often depended
12:23on the reachability
12:24of their place of work.
12:25If it was an easy walking distance,
12:28they could share
12:29a hearty hot brekkie
12:30with their family.
12:31If not,
12:32the morning meal
12:33was quite fast
12:34and not that exquisite.
12:36Now,
12:37let's make a short quiz
12:38for y'all
12:38on a typical
12:39working-class Victorian breakfast.
12:41A. An avocado toast
12:43with a smoothie.
12:44B. A croissant
12:45with a cappuccino.
12:47C. Bread and barley-based drink
12:49with foam.
12:51Yep,
12:52that was bread
12:52or sometimes porridge.
12:54Depending on the area
12:55in England
12:56and that barley drink
12:57better known as beer
12:58which was believed
12:59to be packed with vitamins
13:00essential for another hard day.
13:02Bonus,
13:03it didn't require cooking.
13:04Sort of Victorian fast food.
13:07However,
13:08many people did prefer tea.
13:09Plus coffee and cocoa
13:11started to gain popularity too.
13:14On the way to work,
13:15John got splashed
13:16by a carriage.
13:17Ah,
13:18I'll just go and change then.
13:19There's nothing better
13:20than to wear a fresh shirt
13:21with a hint
13:22of that flower-scented softener,
13:24he thought.
13:24Just kidding.
13:26There was no flower-scented softener.
13:28His wife Daphne
13:29never heard about
13:30a washing machine
13:31or softener either
13:32and no one loved
13:33doing laundry back then.
13:35The main reason
13:35why people disliked it so much
13:37was because
13:38this basic procedure
13:39could take up to three days.
13:41Anyone who had an extra penny
13:43would definitely pay
13:44someone else to do it.
13:45Problem number one.
13:47No hot water in the houses.
13:49Problem number two.
13:50Whenever people heated water
13:51for their laundry,
13:52it impeded all the cooking
13:54in the house.
13:55No free space in the kitchen.
13:57The laundry always started
13:59with checking the clothes
14:00for holes to mend them
14:01before the vigorous process
14:03of washing.
14:04Then the clothes
14:05required some soaking.
14:06Saturday was typically
14:07a soaking day.
14:08This process could take ages
14:10since some substances
14:12like mud
14:12could easily be dissolved
14:14in water.
14:14Lucky John
14:15and others
14:16needed more time.
14:17The only stain remover
14:19available was washing soda.
14:21By Monday morning,
14:22the clothes were well-soaked
14:23and ready for washing.
14:25Some people used soap
14:26on spots where the grease
14:28concentrated,
14:28like collars,
14:29but soap was quite pricey.
14:32Next came dollying,
14:34wringing,
14:34and hanging the whole batch
14:35to dry.
14:36At the very least,
14:38the clothes would be used again
14:39by Tuesday.
14:39This procedure
14:41applies to cotton.
14:42Things were somewhat
14:43harder with wool.
14:44And imagine having
14:45delicate clothes back then.
14:47Let's say corsets.
14:49Tight corsets,
14:50by the way,
14:51weren't that popular
14:51in the Victorian era.
14:53Yeah,
14:53some people in that era
14:55claimed a tiny waist
14:56was achievable
14:56only with a regular application
14:58of tight corsets.
14:59But women wore them
15:00not as a fashion statement.
15:02Victorian doctors
15:03believed that it was a corset
15:05that could help
15:05have a healthy posture
15:06and that it could help
15:08keep the internal organs
15:09in the right alignment.
15:11Daphne is not a big fan
15:12of corsets,
15:13but she can sew you one.
15:16In Victorian times,
15:17the color of clothes
15:18sometimes depended
15:19on the laundry.
15:20The thing is,
15:21white clothes could be boiled
15:22and bleached
15:23better than those
15:24of bright colors,
15:25so the youngest ones
15:26were often wearing white
15:27to easily remove
15:29the stains if needed.
15:30The older they grew,
15:32the more intense colors
15:33they got.
15:34Fun fact,
15:34as a paler version of red
15:36that was considered
15:37to be a strong
15:38and masculine shade
15:39was intended for boys.
15:41Girls preferred
15:42blue colors instead.
15:44Around the 1940s,
15:45the situation changed
15:46and pink began
15:47to be associated
15:48with girls.
15:50Daphne often makes
15:51those pink
15:52and blue clothes too
15:53and earns
15:54about 10 shillings a week,
15:56just like other seamstresses.
15:58With this money,
16:00Daphne could easily pay
16:01the weekly rent
16:02of 6 shillings.
16:03The rest she could spend
16:05on food
16:06or whatever she needed.
16:07With 1 shilling,
16:08she could buy
16:09enough tea for a week.
16:115 loaves of bread
16:12cost about 12 pence,
16:14aka 1 shilling too.
16:16Good news for vegetarians,
16:1812 pence could get you
16:19about 18 pounds of veggies.
16:21A sack of coal
16:23cost about a shilling too.
16:25Now you understand
16:26why Daphne and John
16:27didn't have the fireplace.
16:29You don't want to
16:30literally burn your money.
16:32Also,
16:33for a shilling,
16:34John could buy
16:34a new outfit
16:35in case his old clothes
16:36didn't make it
16:37through a vigorous washing
16:38after a carriage splash.
16:41Going back to the facilities,
16:43what about toilets?
16:44Well,
16:44the first public toilet
16:45in England
16:46was opened in 1851
16:48and they were even shown
16:49at the Great Exhibition
16:51that year.
16:52The Victorian toilets
16:53usually had S-bend pipes.
16:55Their purpose
16:56was to keep the odors
16:57at bay
16:57as bad smells
16:58were believed
16:59to be dangerous for health.
17:00Not to speak
17:01about nasal discomfort.
17:03But these were again
17:04a luxury.
17:05Ordinary flats
17:06and rural houses
17:07had something less comfy.
17:09Sorry,
17:10Daphne didn't reveal
17:11what kind of toilet she had.
17:13In the evening,
17:14there was of course
17:15no TV
17:16or even light.
17:18As soon as the sky
17:19turned dark,
17:20it made no sense
17:20to stay awake.
17:21It actually cost
17:23a pretty penny.
17:24Candles and oil
17:25for lamps
17:26weren't cheap.
17:27Daphne finished
17:28another dress
17:29in the afternoon,
17:30so there was no point
17:31in burning a candle.
17:32Good night.
17:35We're in England
17:36in the village
17:37of Turville.
17:38It's 1871.
17:40Here,
17:40on one street,
17:41you can find
17:42a particular house.
17:43It's no different
17:44from the others,
17:44but many stay around it
17:46and wait for something.
17:47The house's doors open.
17:49Several adults
17:50come out of there.
17:51They look surprised
17:52and say that all the rumors
17:54turned out to be true.
17:55The woman goes out
17:57on the porch
17:57and asks a few more people
17:59to come in,
17:59and you're among them.
18:01You go inside,
18:02head into the room,
18:03and see an 11-year-old girl
18:05sleeping on the bed.
18:07She looks pale
18:08and thin.
18:10Despite loud people's
18:11conversations in the room,
18:12the girl doesn't wake up.
18:14Her mother says
18:15it's been six months
18:16since she fell asleep.
18:18You leave the room,
18:19and the next few people
18:20come in to see
18:21the sleeping girl
18:22with their own eyes.
18:23This is a story
18:25about the most
18:25prolonged sleep
18:26in history.
18:27The record belongs
18:29to a girl named
18:30Ellen Sadler,
18:31who slept for nine years.
18:32Ellen was the 12th kid.
18:34Her parents weren't wealthy
18:35and worked hard
18:36to make ends meet.
18:37They taught their sons
18:39and daughters
18:39to help them
18:40from an early age,
18:41and Ellen
18:41was no exception.
18:43When she turned 11,
18:45she left home
18:46to work as a nanny
18:47in a nearby town.
18:49While away from her family
18:50and surrounded by strangers,
18:52Ellen began to feel bad.
18:54She had a headache,
18:55felt discomfort,
18:56and felt certain drowsiness.
18:58These symptoms
18:59became so severe
19:00that the girl
19:01couldn't work properly.
19:02She returned
19:03to the house
19:04in the village
19:04where her parents
19:05sent her to the hospital.
19:07The doctors
19:08didn't know
19:08how to help her
19:09because they couldn't
19:10diagnose her.
19:11They spent 18 weeks
19:12trying to cure
19:13the poor girl.
19:14As a result,
19:15still unwell,
19:16Ellen was discharged
19:17from the hospital.
19:19After returning home,
19:21she experienced
19:22severe headaches
19:23and drowsiness.
19:24Ellen Sadler
19:25felt worse and worse.
19:27And then,
19:28one day,
19:28she quietly lay down
19:30in her bed
19:30and fell asleep.
19:32Ellen woke up
19:33only after nine years.
19:36All this time,
19:37the girl's mother
19:38took care of her.
19:39She fed her milk
19:40and tea.
19:40The sleeping girl
19:41was losing weight
19:42and strength.
19:43Soon,
19:44the whole village
19:45found out about Ellen.
19:47People started
19:47coming to her house
19:48to see an unusual phenomenon.
19:50They looked at her,
19:51tried to wake her up,
19:52and told their friends
19:53about her.
19:55The news about
19:56the sleeping girl
19:57spread throughout
19:57the country.
19:58Ellen had become
19:59a spectacle.
20:01People from
20:01all over England
20:02came to see a person
20:03who had been sleeping
20:04for several years.
20:06They called the house
20:07where Ellen's family lived
20:08Sleepy Cottage.
20:11Doctors and reporters
20:12came there.
20:13One journalist
20:14from the Daily Telegraph
20:15described that
20:16the girl's body
20:17was weak
20:17and too soft.
20:18Her feet
20:19were icy cold
20:20and her lips
20:21were blue.
20:22The child's breathing
20:23was barely discernible.
20:24It seemed that life
20:26was slowly leaving
20:27this body.
20:29The girl's family
20:30took donations
20:30for the care
20:31of their daughter.
20:32Therefore,
20:33many people thought
20:34it was all
20:34a performance.
20:35For some reason,
20:37the mother
20:37didn't allow the doctor
20:38to stay with Ellen
20:39for a long time.
20:41Some said
20:41that her mother
20:42gave her sleeping pills
20:43every day
20:44to not let her wake up.
20:46And someone claimed
20:47that they had seen
20:48a conscious girl
20:49sitting by the window.
20:51Also,
20:52the girl's mother
20:53rejected the doctor's offer
20:54to conduct
20:55a medical examination
20:56in a London hospital.
20:58We're unlikely
20:59to find out
21:00the whole truth
21:01about her
21:01since there was
21:02no official diagnosis
21:03from doctors.
21:04It's possible
21:06the girl fell
21:06into a coma
21:07or suffered
21:08from another disease
21:09that was unknown
21:10to science
21:11in the 19th century.
21:13It could be
21:14a chronic sleep disorder
21:15in which a person
21:16experiences
21:17uncontrollable
21:18bouts of drowsiness.
21:20You can walk
21:21down the street
21:21and want to sleep
21:22so much
21:23that you fall
21:24to the ground.
21:26Ellen grew up
21:27in a large family
21:28and got used
21:28to hard work early.
21:30Perhaps
21:31severe fatigue
21:32and lack of sleep
21:33provoked narcolepsy.
21:35In any case,
21:36this story
21:37had a good ending.
21:38One day,
21:39Ellen Sadler woke up.
21:40She didn't remember
21:41what had happened
21:42and was very surprised
21:43when her family
21:44told her
21:44about the
21:45nine-year-long dream.
21:47The girl's growth
21:48slowed down a little
21:49and her eyesight worsened,
21:51but her health
21:51wasn't bad.
21:52Ellen got married
21:53and had six children.
21:55In 1911,
21:56at the age of about 50,
21:58she passed away.
22:00Let's see
22:01a completely
22:02opposite story
22:03about a person
22:04who set a record
22:05for the longest time
22:06without sleep.
22:07In January 1964,
22:1017-year-old Randy Gardner,
22:12a high school student,
22:13claimed he stayed awake
22:14for several weeks.
22:16The experiment
22:17started in December
22:18and ended in January.
22:20At the end of that time,
22:22he felt pretty normal.
22:24This event
22:24was in the Guinness Book of Records
22:26and allowed scientists
22:27to learn a lot
22:28about the structure
22:29of the human brain.
22:31Randy wanted to do
22:32a science school project
22:34related to sleep.
22:35He had to stay awake
22:36as long as possible,
22:37and his friend
22:38had to make sure
22:39that he was always awake.
22:41In the beginning,
22:42everything went well.
22:44Randy's friend
22:44kept a diary
22:45where he recorded
22:46the slightest changes
22:47in the subject's body.
22:49Randy held on easily
22:50for the first two days.
22:52He was constantly
22:53on his feet
22:53and didn't come to bed.
22:56After three days,
22:58his cognitive
22:58and sensory abilities
23:00began to decline.
23:01On the fourth day,
23:02Randy felt sick.
23:04He walked around the house
23:05and sniffed citrus fruits.
23:07The smell of lemons
23:08and oranges
23:09helped him get rid
23:10of this bad condition.
23:12During the day,
23:13Randy played basketball
23:14and went bowling with friends.
23:16The nights were boring
23:17because the guys
23:17didn't know what to do.
23:19But still,
23:20Randy didn't go to bed.
23:22A week passed
23:23and Randy showed
23:24excellent basketball results.
23:26His physical skills
23:27hadn't changed.
23:28His speech was clear
23:29and logical.
23:31By this moment,
23:32the news all over the country
23:34had been speaking
23:35about Randy
23:35and his experiment.
23:37He became a celebrity
23:39and it also helped him
23:40stay awake.
23:42Scientists came to Randy
23:43with the help
23:44of mathematical questions.
23:46They tested
23:46his intellectual abilities
23:48and here,
23:49he showed poor results.
23:51He was solving
23:52an example
23:52in mathematics.
23:53but then,
23:54he forgot what was going on
23:55and what he was doing.
23:57Scientists scanned his brain
23:58and recorded
23:59its activity data.
24:01Then,
24:02on January 8, 1964
24:04at 2 a.m.,
24:06Randy broke
24:06the previous record time
24:08without sleep.
24:09He was awake
24:09for 264 hours.
24:13Scientists attached
24:14electrodes to his head
24:15when he fell asleep
24:16and observed brain activity.
24:18Randy woke up
24:19after a few hours of sleep
24:20to go to the toilet.
24:21Then,
24:22he lay in bed
24:23and got up
24:24only after 14 hours.
24:26He went to school
24:27in a great mood.
24:29Everyone was shocked.
24:30It seemed that
24:31his brain-heavy experiment
24:33had no negative consequences.
24:35Randy continued
24:36to study as before,
24:37play basketball,
24:38and spend time
24:39with friends.
24:41Scientists studied
24:42brain research results
24:43and found that
24:44Randy's brain
24:44was catching a light sleep
24:46all this time.
24:47These are called
24:48micro-sleeps,
24:49and the curious thing
24:51is that the person
24:51who's experiencing it
24:53may not even notice
24:54that they're technically sleeping.
24:56Several years passed.
24:58Everyone already forgot
24:59about this record.
25:00Randy grew up.
25:01One day,
25:02a reporter remembered
25:03Randy's experiment
25:04and interviewed him.
25:06He admitted
25:07that the experiment
25:08hadn't passed
25:09without a trace.
25:10For many years,
25:11Randy experienced
25:12severe insomnia.
25:13It was driving him crazy.
25:15He spent a lot of time
25:17and effort
25:18to overcome this disease.
25:19Fortunately,
25:20he managed to adjust
25:21his sleep regime.
25:23Randy slept
25:23six hours a day,
25:25which was quite enough.
25:26Repeating this experiment
25:28is a bad idea.
25:29Even two days
25:30without sleep
25:31are a great stress
25:32for the body.
25:33For thousands of years,
25:34people have survived
25:35hunger
25:35and complex work conditions.
25:38Our heart is trained
25:39to experience high loads,
25:41and our body
25:41can survive
25:42difficult situations.
25:43But our body
25:45has never encountered
25:46a lack of sleep
25:47in the entire history
25:48of humanity.
25:50Evolution has not taught us
25:51to endure sleepless nights
25:53without consequences.
25:54When you