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a slab you replace less often than your phone, despite spending a third of life on it
means a large fabric-covered pad, stuffed or sprung, that you lie on for sleeping, usually atop a bed frame.
from From Arabic 'matrah,' meaning a place where something is thrown down — a mat or cushion to lie on, from a root meaning 'to throw.' The word traveled into Europe via the Crusades and Mediterranean trade, surfacing in medieval Latin as 'matracium' and Old French 'materas,' before settling into English. So a mattress is, quite literally, the thing flung on the floor.
dust mitesmillions live in an average used mattress
weight gainold mattresses double in mass from dead skin and mites
flip mythmodern one-sided designs are never meant to flip
lifespanmost should be replaced every seven to eight years
coin trademedieval mattresses stuffed with straw or feathers by class