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The world is full of examples of people becoming interested in real-life skills or historical events because they learned about it through a video game (or by reading or watching TV).
FORBES: Report: Your Kid Wants An iPad For Christmas
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Sleepiness: Elderly people who frequently doze off during routine daily activities, such as reading or watching TV, have a greater chance of suffering a stroke than less sleepy individuals, according to a study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
WSJ: Even Outdoors, Second-Hand Smoke Affects Non-Smokers
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More than half of the 262 high school seniors who participated in the study were "excessively sleepy, " according to a commonly used scale that gauges how likely a person is to doze off during everyday activities such as reading, watching TV, or sitting in a traffic jam.
CNN: Sleep deprivation linked to depression in teens