That One Time Nikola Tesla Didn’t Sleep for an Entire Year

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  • Опубліковано 3 гру 2024

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  • @FactFiend
    @FactFiend  Місяць тому +17

    Cheers to today's guest, Eric. Check out his other work here - www.youtube.com/@storyrant
    - Karl

  • @gianlucaangelini8430
    @gianlucaangelini8430 Місяць тому +34

    One piece fun fact to further tempt Karl:
    Until relativly recently the author would only sleep 4 hours per night, and would only take 1 day off per week, the rest of the time, he would be drawing or writing. So for at least a good 20 years, Eiichiro Oda has been having a sleep/work schedule comperable to Tesla.

  • @Duplexx93
    @Duplexx93 Місяць тому +70

    7 days..... 7 days is the longest I've been awake with no sleep, and shit really does start to get weird.

    • @kallanbrooks
      @kallanbrooks Місяць тому +1

      can you elaborate?

    • @Babalugu
      @Babalugu Місяць тому +6

      I did 5 once, even that got weird. I could feel people moving around me like all my hairs were hyper sensitive to any air currents. When I finally slept I slept for 24hrs and had no idea that I had actually slept. Apparently family tried very hard to wake me but I was out cold

    • @Duplexx93
      @Duplexx93 Місяць тому

      @kallanbrooks You see shadows in the corner of your eyes, as if someone was there. You start to hallucinate. On day 6, I was sitting on my bed with my ex, and then we drove down to the shops, did a shop, and then bam was back in bed. Was confused and said, "When did we get back from the shops?" But we never went, haha. I also smoke weed, so that probably didn't help. On day 7, I smoked a few bongs, and where I was sitting, not sure how to explain it but the room was moving as if your in a science fiction film travelling the speed of light but never reaching your destination while the same time my legs felt like they where being dragged. You become incredibly slow physically and mentally and lose all memory. You'll stand up to do something and then immediately forget ehy you stood up. Later on day 7, I went to a friend's house, and this was during Game of Thrones era, and during the week was watching allot of Game of Thrones lore and history on UA-cam. he asked me what my exs dad did, and I said he was a soldier of the night-watchman up on the wall guarding the realms of men. And that he is a big deal and has been there for years. And I 110% believed what I said and had no idea I was even saying it. Would not have believed it if my mate didn't record it. I eventually went home, smoked some more weed and went to bed, slept for 31 hours straight, and was brain dead for days after. Basically, don't do it!!!

    • @anewspinonthings
      @anewspinonthings Місяць тому

      Five is my longest. But the record of going without sleep unassisted by medication is 11 days. It was a stunt for a radio show.

    • @alexfranz817
      @alexfranz817 Місяць тому +1

      I do believe it's 11 that's the certified world record

  • @Zeuseus6609
    @Zeuseus6609 Місяць тому +5

    I suspect Tesla was likely extremely neurodivergent and just had an absolute fireworks show going off in his brain chemistry at all times. Absolute Legend.

  • @shaunbufford1306
    @shaunbufford1306 Місяць тому +14

    Bruh this show actually got me through a voluntary 30 hour shift on one of my jobs.

    • @juliennovak7554
      @juliennovak7554 Місяць тому +2

      Wtf kinda job is that long

    • @shaunbufford1306
      @shaunbufford1306 Місяць тому +3

      @juliennovak7554 construction. One job needed all the plumbing insulated, I was also needed on another job ASAP (I'm the only person at my company that does insulation). The only way I could accomplish that was to simply work until it was complete. I was then told that I actually wasn't needed on the other job yet.

  • @seandalziel7414
    @seandalziel7414 Місяць тому +12

    Doctor Frankenstein is the outlier for inventors being killed by the invention.

  • @xerinuspax6843
    @xerinuspax6843 Місяць тому +10

    My cat refuses to tear apart his own food. If i give him a piece of chicken or something, he will bring it back to me and scream until i shred it for him.

  • @brennenyork6015
    @brennenyork6015 Місяць тому +3

    12:18 I'm currently watching this at 2:25 A.M. watching a front desk of a hotel, and yes these videos do help relieve boredom quite a bit

  • @seasonallyferal1439
    @seasonallyferal1439 28 днів тому +1

    I worked 12 hour continental shift. Meaning every 2 weeks we switched from 7am-7pm to 7pm-7am. It destroyed me after a year and a lot of ppl quit after 3 weeks.

  • @charliemurphy6457
    @charliemurphy6457 Місяць тому +2

    1:01 Is that why Eric is helping today?...hahaha

  • @luzarely6393
    @luzarely6393 Місяць тому +3

    When I was a teen, I would sleep 2 hrs (9am-11am) a day during summer break. I would crash about once a week and actually sleep for a whole night.

  • @KILLER9639
    @KILLER9639 Місяць тому +4

    I'm a huge fan of that dinosaur bedding

  • @vinnie666
    @vinnie666 Місяць тому +1

    When kingdom hearts 2 came out, I spent two days awake... Decided to sleep when I looked up at the ceiling and started seeing keyblades in the popcorn. Not just kingdom key, either.... All the variations I'd used so far in the game. Started naming them and then just had the realization "ok, that's enough consciousness for now."

  • @I_Am_Catholic_Crunch
    @I_Am_Catholic_Crunch Місяць тому +1

    The fact fiend revival was one of the most pleasant surprises this year. Thanks for letting us still listen to you shoot the breeze

  • @the_drunk_wizard
    @the_drunk_wizard Місяць тому +2

    2:24 Finland mentioned. We shall meet at the market square.

  • @stephentarantino1313
    @stephentarantino1313 Місяць тому

    Thank you so much everyone at fact fiend especially Karl. You guys make the best videos and I'm excited to see more of your amazing content.

  • @crashedwin
    @crashedwin 22 дні тому

    Lol, i'm listening to this at 1am mopping a bar floor. I appreciate the shout-out.

  • @god2600
    @god2600 Місяць тому +2

    Lucas should get checked for sleep apnea, I was the same way and getting a CPAP changed my life

  • @sheldoninexile
    @sheldoninexile Місяць тому +2

    "Shit, shower shave and a wank." Is a phrase that only works in a English accent. God bless British profanity.

  • @Simon-dd4gk
    @Simon-dd4gk Місяць тому +2

    For the past three years I only needed between 4-6 hours of sleep

  • @IronDruids
    @IronDruids Місяць тому +1

    Can't relate to being a genius, but I spend around half of my night meditative sleeping. I'll be able to sleep for a bit, maybe 4 hours, then I'll wake up and can't fall back to sleep again so I mediate for a couple hours. Empty my mind and be right on the edge of unconscious but never fully asleep for hours. I'd ask somebody about it if I felt tired but I don't.

  • @mixofreak
    @mixofreak Місяць тому +1

    Done 72 hours without sleep once, but I sleep 5 hours a day on average, however, outside work and walkinga mile to and from it, I am largely sedentary, so my body gets more rest than my mind.

  • @timewar7
    @timewar7 Місяць тому

    Haven't even started watching the video before I liked and commented but no matter what happens in the video I'm ecstatic that you are doing Nikola Tesla. Keep up the good work

  • @jordanw2009
    @jordanw2009 Місяць тому

    12:29 thanks for the 2am work vids

  • @urkittenmew
    @urkittenmew Місяць тому +1

    I mean with the host of TIFO (Simon) he's got 17 channels he needs to be ahead. I watch casual criminalist and he'll occasionally make a reference to the time and it's like 6 months prior to the release date.

  • @tnick123
    @tnick123 Місяць тому

    I havent worked Grave in the grocery store for a long time... But Yes back then I just listened to a bunch of your vids.

  • @Americanbadashh
    @Americanbadashh 28 днів тому

    I love working graveyard shift. The labour is tough but I'd take it over cashiering and dealing with customers

  • @ElderonAnalas
    @ElderonAnalas Місяць тому

    Oh yeah, that graveyard shift and needing these vids to maintain sanity. It's definitely the case for me when I'm on my 1900-0700 shift

  • @christopherf9700
    @christopherf9700 28 днів тому

    12:12 thank you karl

  • @jojotheswede8444
    @jojotheswede8444 Місяць тому +1

    I mean, if you are gonna stay awake for days on end playing a game, Baldur's Gate 3 is a very good choise.
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    Oh, and Astarion is hilarious/Shadowheart is bae

  • @TheCurt138
    @TheCurt138 Місяць тому

    Listening to this while grocery shopping... I now have a bag of Utz crab chips in my shopping cart

  • @CitiesTurnedToDust
    @CitiesTurnedToDust Місяць тому +22

    you can't be serious thinking he actually did that. People like to ascribe magical powers to this guy - he was brilliant, sure, but not supernatural.

    • @mandothemandalorian2392
      @mandothemandalorian2392 Місяць тому +2

      ⁠@@nontrashfire2oda the writer of one piece has had many people say he has a very similar schedule until very recently have like a few years ago (keep in mind he’s been doing this for almost if not 30 years straight) of four hours of sleep every night and the rest is work writing drawing he even would just say nah too going too the doctor and keeping up with other things in life recently he took some brakes though and had an eye surgery but yeah Tesla probably did something similar I find it hard too believe one hour could do you after multiple days but four hours every day perhaps missing a day every now and then possible for sure not good for you but they just seemed to need to be doing something

    • @TheRealE.B.
      @TheRealE.B. Місяць тому

      Not even that brilliant, TBH. He built some cool toys, but he spent most of his life chasing crazy ideas that bordered on pseudoscience.

    • @arlokloiber2715
      @arlokloiber2715 27 днів тому +1

      ​@@TheRealE.B.to be fair the line between legitimate and psuedoscience back then was a bit broader

    • @patstevens4560
      @patstevens4560 14 днів тому

      I know a lot of blue collar workers who only sleep a 4-5 hours a day because they go to work around 4am and get done around 6-7pm while still trying to have social lives/hobbies. So this isn’t that unbelievable to me, but I do agree people tend to attribute almost supernatural “powers” to Tesla

  • @frankdawg1
    @frankdawg1 Місяць тому +2

    Axe wound

  • @tom79623
    @tom79623 Місяць тому +1

    naaaa grounding would not work you would need to wore a chain mail over your whole body and the picture was taken by double exposure, so basically he took a picture with tesla coil on without him and then again with the coil off and with him underneeth, and it was a bad-ass picture made for basically "click baiting" awsome non the less

  • @Shou_Han
    @Shou_Han Місяць тому

    Longest ive ever went without sleep was 12 days until i started to hallucinate back in high school.

  • @Oggthegoof
    @Oggthegoof Місяць тому

    I’ve only gone 30 something hours without sleep, and then crashed out. I don’t think my body would let me stay up any longer than that. I fall asleep sitting if my head tilts just right at that point

  • @hellaboveme500
    @hellaboveme500 Місяць тому +12

    To quote the great Olliver (twist) Sykes: “We will never rest, till we’re all fking dead” which given the stage of capitalism we’re in should be like, next thursday. So cheers everyone, the great ensleepening is upon us.

  • @oldfrittenfett1276
    @oldfrittenfett1276 20 днів тому

    When my depressions first manifested, I couldn't sleep for 50 hours. But I had to deal with hallucinations!

  • @IronDino
    @IronDino Місяць тому

    Tesla invented the grindset mentality.

  • @NotActuallyCreative
    @NotActuallyCreative Місяць тому +1

    4 Days after that I had started to black out at work 😅

  • @AndrewTraver
    @AndrewTraver Місяць тому +8

    Me, when i regularly stay up for just over 24 hours...after knocking out almost a fifth of liquor

  • @gtametro
    @gtametro Місяць тому +2

    The sheer amount of claptrap and pseudoscience malarky attributed to Tesla is getting to be on par with Chuck Norris jokes.

  • @theevilmrlint1225
    @theevilmrlint1225 28 днів тому

    14 days-ish you're ability to form memories and be coherent really goes to shit after the first seven.

  • @johnrhines6626
    @johnrhines6626 Місяць тому

    Shout out to the over night crew- the rest of the world would grind to a halt without u

  • @ashen_halo6219
    @ashen_halo6219 Місяць тому +1

    a couple of times in my life i wa able to sleep while still hearing and or watching something
    so i was able to binge watch anime for a week straight and thats the longest ive been semi awake
    fully awake was like 4 days and thats bc i got bored
    one time in school after staying up for two days i fell asleep with my head down but was able to hear everything so when people said i was sleeping i was kinda mad
    idk what happened but a couple of months ago i had a 12hr sleep schedule i stayed upp for at most 15 hrs and slept for 12
    now im getting either 4 8 10 12 or like 17 hrs
    thats the weirdest part to me
    (wow i like to talk about my weird sleep another interesting one was in a span of like 4 days i slept over 2 days which is weird)

    • @IronDruids
      @IronDruids Місяць тому

      That's probably meditative sleep, not actual sleep.

    • @ashen_halo6219
      @ashen_halo6219 Місяць тому

      @@IronDruids prob? i really dont know its only happened a few times

  • @lenoxx_s1884
    @lenoxx_s1884 Місяць тому

    Personally I prefer graveyard shift, it's a lot easier for me to stay up all night than it is to go to bed and wake up early

  • @oldfrittenfett1276
    @oldfrittenfett1276 20 днів тому

    Tesla was right about many things in his early years, so he assumed that he would be right about everything. These Towers were of no use.

  • @themidnightbanshee5927
    @themidnightbanshee5927 Місяць тому

    I'm convinced he's a robot

  • @GreatMoleRatCharles
    @GreatMoleRatCharles Місяць тому

    I stayed up for 5 days to see if I could when I was around 10 or 12. It definitely was a weird experience

  • @EyesOfByes
    @EyesOfByes Місяць тому

    Watching at 3:00AM

  • @p3tro
    @p3tro Місяць тому

    My favorite human

  • @1tyrus
    @1tyrus Місяць тому

    looking for the andrew cunningham comments

  • @BoneBag07
    @BoneBag07 Місяць тому

    Can't kill you if you invented it.... T.N.T....

  • @CheerfuEntropy
    @CheerfuEntropy Місяць тому

    I sleep roughly that amount also. my secret is drugs.

  • @RoseLRenee
    @RoseLRenee Місяць тому

    I really need Steve jobs didn't give a fuck next

  • @trenton8211
    @trenton8211 Місяць тому

    Why dont we use tesla coils today? Why we so dependent on wires when we know teslas way is better

    • @northernnaysayer1240
      @northernnaysayer1240 Місяць тому

      Because then we couldnt have wifi, bluetooth, cellular data etc...
      In a way, Tesla is the reason we have all of these things, wireless energy/data transfer.

  • @erichansen2999
    @erichansen2999 25 днів тому

    I wish more jobs came in graveyard flavor. I'd never meet anyone or get another date, but I wouldn't be tired all day.

  • @nosuchluck6326
    @nosuchluck6326 Місяць тому

    Tesla would create the electrical equivalent of x100 neutron bombs and unleash them if he saw what we do with technology today and the lack to true striving and ethics in work the way it is today as well

  • @zenixxx693
    @zenixxx693 Місяць тому

    dude needs a sleep study, not assisted suicide karl

  • @ТаняВасилева-МФ
    @ТаняВасилева-МФ Місяць тому

    ACDS

  • @jordanbryans7634
    @jordanbryans7634 Місяць тому +1

    Did you call him far right eric?!?

  • @usefulbobcat
    @usefulbobcat Місяць тому

    Please stop posting videos based on my recent search history

    • @setarcos42
      @setarcos42 Місяць тому

      ....we're watching.....

  • @vinnie666
    @vinnie666 Місяць тому

    When kingdom hearts 2 came out, I spent two days awake... Decided to sleep when I looked up at the ceiling and started seeing keyblades in the popcorn. Not just kingdom key, either.... All the variations I'd used so far in the game. Started naming them and then just had the realization "ok, that's enough consciousness for now."

  • @jojotheswede8444
    @jojotheswede8444 Місяць тому

    I mean, if you are gonna stay awake for days on end playing a game, Baldur's Gate 3 is a very good choise.
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
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    Oh, and Astarion is hilarious/Shadowheart is bae

  • @vinnie666
    @vinnie666 Місяць тому

    When kingdom hearts 2 came out, I spent two days awake... Decided to sleep when I looked up at the ceiling and started seeing keyblades in the popcorn. Not just kingdom key, either.... All the variations I'd used so far in the game. Started naming them and then just had the realization "ok, that's enough consciousness for now."

  • @jojotheswede8444
    @jojotheswede8444 Місяць тому

    I mean, if you are gonna stay awake for days on end playing a game, Baldur's Gate 3 is a very good choise.
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    Oh, and Astarion is hilarious/Shadowheart is bae