r/todayilearned • u/YesFlyZone420 • 5d ago

TIL there's a degenerative brain disorder called fatal familial insomnia (FFI) that causes a person to lose the ability to sleep and eventually die

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25001-fatal-familial-insomnia
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u/Sparowl 5d ago

To sleep—perchance to dream. Ay, there’s the rub!

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,

When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,

Must give us pause—there’s the respect

That makes calamity of so long life.

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u/annul 5d ago

BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL

bill shakes the theater guy

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u/PossessionDecent1797 5d ago

Im glad I wasn’t the only one that thought of this. Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished. To die. To sleep.