Who invented the Pillow?

Who Smarted? - Educational Podcast for Kids

Atomic Entertainment Group LLC

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.4 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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0:00.0	Huh? What? It's morning already?
0:05.8	It feels like I just went to sleep five minutes ago.
0:08.6	Pts! Hey, smarty pants. Have you ever wished you could just stay in bed all day?
0:13.0	I mean, it's so comfortable, right? Cool sheets, cozy blankets, a perfectly firm mattress,
0:18.7	and best of all, your soft, squishy pillow.
0:23.1	Could you even imagine life without your pillow or pillows?
0:27.2	Good night.
0:28.8	Ow, why is there a rock in my bed?
0:33.1	Sure, pillows have been known to cause some pretty nasty cases of bedhead, but with nothing
0:39.0	to support your noggin, you'd probably toss and turn all night.
0:45.0	Can't sleep.
0:46.7	Guess what?
0:47.7	The pillow, as you know it, is actually a fairly modern invention.
0:52.3	They didn't even get the idea to fill pillows with soft
0:55.2	stuff for hundreds of years. And that's not the only crazy thing when it comes to your
1:01.0	head's best bud. What were the first pillows made of? How have they changed over the centuries?
1:07.0	Why did they disappear for hundreds of years? And what advancements in pillow technology
1:13.2	are modern sleepers enjoying today?
1:16.3	Get ready for another whiff of science and history on...
1:20.6	Who smarted?
1:23.9	Who's smarted?
1:26.7	Who's smart? Is it you? Is it me? Who's smart?
	...

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