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ESA is paying 12 volunteers £15,600 to spend two months lying in BED

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The European Space Agency is offering 12 v two months to stay in bed for 88 days.

Participants are kept in be the European Space Agency iz ESA al with their 12 et up.

Meals, showers, and even toilet breaks must be taken from this position.

The volunteers' beds have bikes at the foot, which can be cycled horizontally.

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