The next time you feel like complaining that your bed isn't comfortable enough and the room is way too small, just think of those people who had to sleep in boxes. Until the early 19th century, that was a common thing in Europe. And no, it wasn't just the way the poorest people lived – even the nobility had to resort to this unusual sleep situation. If you need at least 8 hours of sleep to feel great the next day, you wouldn't have a great time in preindustrial Europe because they used to sleep in shifts! #brightside Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/: Dietenheim: Wolfgang Sauber, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dietenheim_-_Museum_Kastenbett.jpg Saskia's bed: Remi Mathis, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amsterdam_-_Rembrandthuis_-_Saskia%27s_bed_2.JPG Cottage bed: Paul Hermans, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011_Schotland_Highland_Folk_Museum_-_Highland_cottage_bed_28-05-2011_16-51-43.png Alcôve-Musée alsacien: Ji-Elle, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alc%C3%B4ve-Mus%C3%A9e_alsacien.jpg Pillow of Pepi: Rama, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pillow_of_Pepi_II-N_646-IMG_9827-gradient.jpg Malmöhus: Dguendel, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malm%C3%B6hus,_farmhouse_room.JPG Roger Ekirch: Tom Cogill, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roger_Ekirch_2012.jpg Animation is created by Bright Side. —————————————————————————————- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz —————————————————————————————- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru —————————————————————————————- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me

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