TIL that feather pillows actually date back to Roman times, but they fell out of favor and/or affordability for several hundred years

Read more: https://www.backthenhistory.com/articles/the-history-of-pillows

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  1. They’re falling out of favor again I would guess. There are so many better pillow fillings now that provide more support and better temperature control than feathers. Since switching to memory foam, I’ll never go back to feathers.

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