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by DantesKite 1620 days ago
What I find interesting is how there are references to a second sleep in literature, such as Charles Dickens and Don Quixote.

Whether it's cultural or biological remains to be seen, but it definitely seem to be common enough that it didn't merit explaining, except as a casual reference.

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