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The history of cannabis, also known as weed, ganja and marijuana, dates back to at least the third millennium BCE in written history—and even further back by archaeological evidence. For thousands of years, the plant has been valued for its material use, as food and medicine, and for its psychoactive properties for religious and recreational use. #WikiSleep #Sleep #Marijuana #Cannabis #MentalHealth

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Charles Ponzi was an Italian con artist who became known in the early 1920s as a swindler in North America for his a fraudulent money-making scheme in which he paid old investors with new investors’ money. The scheme, which defrauded countless people of their life savings, was not originally invented by Ponzi, but became so identified with him that it now is referred to as a "Ponzi scheme." #WikiSleep #Sleep #Ponzi #MentalHealth #SleepStories

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Charles the 6th, also known as Charles the Mad, was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422. He was known for his mental illness and psychotic episodes that plagued him throughout his life, leading him to believe at one point that he was made of glass and to not know his wife and children. #wikisleep #sleep #SleepStory #MentalHealth

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Poe was a profound master of the macabre—and in this short story, he continues his exploration of the meaning of obsession, love and self-indulgence. A masterful work that in just a few short pages manages to expose the depths of devotion, passion and darkness. #sleep #wikisleep #EdgarAllanPoe #Poe #SleepStories 

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Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter who became one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art, yet he wasn’t successful during his lifetime. Rather, he was considered a madman. He only became famous after his death and now exists in the public imagination as a misunderstood genius where discourses on madness and creativity converge. #WikiSleep #sleep #VanGogh

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Andy Warhol was an American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement of the 1960s. Surrounded by controversy—and constant adoration or contempt from the art world—he survived an assassination attempt while defining the world of pop art through the 1980s. #WikiSleep #Sleep #AndyWarhol

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52 years ago this week, members of the LQBTQ community in Greenwich Village in NYC fought back against discriminatory and often violent raids of gay bars and clubs. The Stonewall Riots are considered by many to be the spark that ignited the gay rights movement and led to the creation of various gay activist groups in the United States and around the world. #WikiSleep #Sleep #Stonewall 

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Always there had been war between the Giants and the Gods—between the Giants who would have destroyed the world and the race of men, and the Gods who would have protected the race of men and would have made the world more beautiful. A Norse tale as old as time. #WikiSleep #SleepStory #NorseMyth #Asgard #Ragnarok #MentalHealth #Sleep 

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Leonard Cohen was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist whose work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death and romantic relationships. Born in Montreal, he is famous for his modesty, conflicted reclusiveness and inventive writing that caused Bob Dylan to call him the number one songwriter of their time. #WikiSleep #LeonardCohen #SleepStories #Sleep #MentalHealth 

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Miles Davis was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer—and is among the most influential figures in the history of jazz. Often fuelled by drug and alcohol addiction, his life was a tumult of failed relationships, extraordinary successes, injuries and excess. His album, Kind of Blue, remains the best-selling jazz album of all time. #wikisleep #sleep #MilesDavis #jazz #MentalHealth

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