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Three Men Watch More Than 86 Hours of '24'

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(Dec. 9) -- If Jack Bauer from television's "24" thinks his day is never going to end, a few of the show's biggest fans are right there with him. Only their thrilling mission lasted more than 86 hours. Three seriously devoted "24" fans -- Kevin Coon, Victor Lopez and Farris Hodo -- have just been immortalized in fandom...

The Latest Buzz: Caffeinated Popcorn

(Nov. 24) -- Next time you find yourself dozing off in the middle of a boring movie at home, there's only one logical solution: stuff your face with popcorn -- caffeinated popcorn, to be precise. For the past several months, Amanda Fitch and her husband, Matthew, have been generating quite the buzz from a business they...

Man Who Stayed Awake for 40 Days Looks Back With Open Eyes

(Nov. 2) -- What's the best part of not sleeping for 40 days? According to Tyler Shields, a Los Angeles photographer who claims he set a world record by staying awake for 968 consecutive hours, it's the fact that no one will ever complain about being tired when they're around you. "Nobody will be like, 'I'm exhausted,' "...

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Wakefulness is a daily recurring brain state and state of consciousness in which an individual is conscious and engages in coherent cognitive and behavior responses to the external world such as communication, ambulation, nutritional ingestion and procreation.

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