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What is Sleep
and Why is it Important?
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O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse
William Shakespeare, King Henry IV
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When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, "Did you sleep good?" I said, "No, I made a few mistakes."
Steven Wright
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"Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in."
Evan Davis
The Encyclopedia Britannica defines sleep as a "normal, easily reversible, and spontaneous state of decreased and less efficient responsiveness to external stimulation. Sleep is a regularly recurring suspension of consciousness that serves recuperative and adaptive functions. Sleep usually requires the presence of flaccid or relaxed skeletal muscles and the absence of the overt, goal-directed behavior often seen in wakeful organisms. An electroencephalogram (EEG) recording the electrical activity of the human brain shows a distinctive pattern during sleep."
This is enough to keep me awake all night!

 
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