{"id":566,"date":"2007-07-25T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2007-07-25T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=566"},"modified":"2007-07-25T09:02:47","modified_gmt":"2007-07-25T13:02:47","slug":"the-real-question-can-you-sit-in-a-smallish-room-for-2-hours-without-falling-asleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=566","title":{"rendered":"the real question: can you sit in a smallish room for 2 hours without falling asleep?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Hey,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m going into my first year in life sciences. 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