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segmented sleep, polyphasic sleep, Charles Dickens, sleep habits, insomnia history, pre-industrial sleep, polyphasic schedule, midnight routines, hunter-gatherer sleep, sleep science, Alen Juginović, Mathias Basner, Roger Ekirch

This woman knows the lost secret of sleep.

Léon Bazille Perrault (1832–1908)

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