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Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years.
20 years...For Rip Van Winkle was old and gray,And twenty summers had passed away--Yes, twenty winters of snow and frost etc...
Rip Van Winkle
He slept for 20 years.
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Rip Van Winkle.
20 years that Rip Van Winkle slept
Rip Van Winkle did, in the story of the same name by Washington Irving. However, there are other characters who slept for a long time, notably Sleeping Beauty.
In the story of Rip Van Winkle, the main change that occurred in his personal life was his experience of falling asleep for 20 years and waking up to find everything completely different in the world he knew. He had missed out on his children growing up, his wife passing away, and the village changing. This drastic change in his personal life left him feeling disoriented and disconnected from the new reality he found himself in.
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20 years that Rip Van Winkle slept
It is a well-known fictional story that Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years. However, the mention of autopsy and structural damage to his body is not part of the original story.