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Today, mattresses are stuffed mainly with either springs or foam, and sometimes with a bladder filled with air or water. None of these were invented until the early 1900s – so what did people put into their beds before?
Oh, all kinds of stuff: straw, feathers, horse hair, cotton, even sea ...
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Have you ever thought about why, of all spices, salt and pepper are the one on every kitchen table?
Salt might be easy to guess, after all, it’s crucial for human bodies to function . And even though we’ve only known that for a comparatively short time,
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"It is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before."
-Bill Byrson
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At Home takes you on a tour of the modern home, using each room as occasion to reminisce about the history of its tradition, thus enlightening you with how the amenities and comforts of everyday life you now take for g...
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Bill Bryson is the megastar of curious, inquisitive, entertaining writing. Whatever the topic, he manages to make it come to life for the reader, as if he or she was the one doing all the exploring.
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At Home is a historic sketch of “private life” – you know, what happens behind those precious four walls we all call home. Bill takes you on a tour of his house, telling a story in each room about how it grew into the pur...
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You know the neanderthals had a tough time filling their stomachs. Hunting, gathering, learning what’s edible and what’s not through trial and error. These were tough times, no doubt. I have to admit though, that in my mind, somewhere around the 1600s, making sure you ate 2-3 times a day “must ha...
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Easy access to food is predicated on one thing: making it preservable . This process didn’t even start until the late 1700s. A confectioner from Paris, Nicolas Appert , was the first to try and can foods, sealing...
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Bryan Donkin improved upon his concept, even launching the first commercial iron tin cannery, but wrought iron cans were heavy and almost impossible to open. Some even came with instructions to open them with hammer and chisel, ...
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The first true relief at scale came with the invention of the can opener as we know it today : in 1925.
What none of this accounts for is that people rarely knew with certainty what they were eating, as food labeling has been required ...
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Bedbugs, moths, mice, rats and other rodents were all too common companions while trying to get some shut-eye back then . When not all rustling beneath the sheets was of the good kind , you did well to keep a shoe c...
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Speaking of reproductive activities, they were considered a mere practical act back then. Having kids was good, but having fun while conceiving them? Nah-uh. Women were told to avoid board games and reading, as those could arouse them, and since masturbation was also considered filthy and unhealt...
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The summary of At Home was refreshing. When you have an “I want to learn something new, something totally unrelated, but no idea what” moment, this is the one to grab. Everything we take for granted today was once a life-...
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The 16 year old who’s too lazy to warm her frozen food when mum isn’t home, the 43 year old hotel guest, who regularly complains to the staff how “hard” his mattress is, and anyone who never asked why salt and pepper always show up together.
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