🫀 Body & Mind
What’s the Guinness record for going without sleep?
The answer
454 hours
Robert McDonald of California stayed awake for 18 days and 21 hours in 1986. Guinness stopped monitoring the record in 1997 because it’s dangerous.
Source: What’s the limit to how long a human can stay awake? – Guinness World Records
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Asked in Plain #21 on Saturday, November 7, 2026.
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