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NY Magazine has put together a very nice infographic that shows daily habits of 27 brightest minds in history.

The chart includes writers Maya Angelou, Honoré de Balzac, Haruki Murakami, and Charles Dickens, among others.

It turns out that taking a nap doesn’t make you any smarter. Only two of the genius minds were doing it: Charles Darwin and Honoré de Balzac.

The author of La Comédie humaine is famous for his work habits. He used to sleep in the evening, wake up after midnight, and take an hour and a half nap when many people were still in beds.

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