The average person spends about a third of their life asleep. Those over 67 sleep more than anyone else, and those with no children (perhaps not surprisingly) sleep more than those with. Although some of that sleep happens in unusual places—like airplanes, cars, and theaters—most of it happens in a bed. Humans have been making beds for thousands of years. Although the earliest beds were simple layers of soft foliage and leaves, beds with frames began to appear around 3200 BCE in several places around the world, including Scotland, Malta, and Egypt. The simple sandstone bed frames from Scotland, found […]
