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Heath Ledger was one of Hollywood's biggest rising stars before his death. From humble beginnings on television in Australia to leading roles and Oscar nominations, his talent and magnetism drew audiences toward him unlike any other actor during his era. A life cut short just as it was truly taking off. #WikiSleep #Sleep #HeathLedger #MentalHealth #TheJoker #SleepStories

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Otis Redding's distinct voice and talent for music and business made him an icon of soul in the 1960s. Despite dying tragically young, his legacy has endured and he continues to be billed as the "King of Soul." #WikiSleep #OtisRedding #SleepStories #SoulMusic #Sleep #MentalHealth

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Fred Rogers, also known as Mr. Rogers, was the beloved host and creator of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, a PBS show that emphasized young children's social and emotional needs. Quiet and informal, yet focusing on important issues, the show was so popular that at its peak, it was watched in 1.8 million homes every day. #WikiSleep #Sleep #MrRogers #FredRogers #SleepStories

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A Venetian merchant, explorer, storyteller and emissary to Kublai Khan, Marco Polo travelled throughout Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. On the road for 24 years, he returned home in the midst of a war and was soon taken prisoner. While imprisoned, he detailed his adventures into what became The Travels of Marco Polo, a book that described to Europeans the then mysterious culture and inner workings of the Eastern world. #WikiSleep #Sleep #MarcoPolo #SleepStories #Travel

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Whisky has been around for nearly a thousand years and is among the first spirits to reach North America. Whether it was the Scots or Irish that distilled it first isn't entirely clear, but it was almost certainly a Celt in that region who was probably a monk experimenting with recipes for aqua vitae. Regardless, whisky is now produced all over the world, with some of the best coming from Canada, the U.S. and Japan. #whisky #WikiSleep #Sleep #whiskey #WhiskyHistory

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Catherine the Great, read by Samia McFee en français. We'll be releasing several French and Spanish episodes as the WikiSleep app is getting finalized, with more on the app itself once its released. For now, here's a bonus episode for all my French speaking pals and family. #WikiSleep #Sleep #French #French #histoirefrançaise #sommeil

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Betty White was a cultural icon whose record-breaking career spanned over nine decades. While most people know her today as Rose from The Golden Girls and other contemporary roles, her work in the first half of her career was unparalleled and she broke barriers for both women and African-Americans in television in the 1950s and '60s. #WikiSleep #Sleep #BettyWhite #MentalHealth

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The embodiment of "live fast, die young," James Dean was a cultural icon and actor famous for his rebel image, who died just as career was taking off. As a result, his persona has been frozen in time and endured for nearly seven decades. #WikiSleep #JamesDean #Sleep #SleepStory #Hollywood #MentalHealth

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In stave one of A Christmas Carol, we meet Ebenezer Scrooge, the penny-pinching humbug who'd rather freeze than spend a penny on coal. It's here that we get our image of him: grumpy, anti-social, old and sad. He is visited by his old business partner's ghost who forewarns him of the three that will visit him after... #WikiSleep #SleepStory #AChristmasCarol #Scrooge #Dickens

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Often portrayed as something of a Robin Hood outlaw, Jesse James was in fact a cold-blooded bandit with deep ties to the Confederates fighting against abolition. His path of death and destruction culminated in a betrayal from within, yet turned him into a heroic symbol of the South. #WikiSleep #Sleep #JesseJames #Outlaw #SleepStories

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