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Monsnoozin’

Quartz and Marketplace look at irregular sleep schedules, the economic effects of monsoon weather on India and a 'sleeping sickness' in Kazakhstan.

About 40 percent of Americans get less than seven hours of sleep a night.
About 40 percent of Americans get less than seven hours of sleep a night.
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This week, Actuality stays up past our bedtime to meet a man who slept just 4.5 hours a night for an entire year — and thrived. Then, we get soaked by the world’s most economically important weather phenomenon. Plus, a Kazakh sleeping mystery.



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