Especially if you haven't been getting a lot of sleep lately, you might wonder just how long you can go on like that.
Exactly how long could you stay awake without cracking as a result of sleep deprivation? Some people say there was an over-the-top experiment for that. Experts are quick to debunk it.
The Russian Sleep Experiment is a popular urban myth which began to circulate online in "creepypasta" forums (so-named for the ease with which you could copy-paste spooky content) in the early 2010s.
But could this deeply unsettling legend have had some roots in fact?
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