Health Benefits. While the money savings is a good perk, sleeping on natural latex is even better. There are many âhealthy side-effectsâ that go with sleeping on natural latex foam. Pure, organic latex is inherently hypoallergenic, because it is not a man-made product, or a derivative of petrochemicals.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest appearance of the phrase dead as a doornail appears in William Langland's 14th century religious allegorical poem, Piers Plowman. The relevant line in the original poem stated, Fey withouten fait is febelore Ã¾en nouÈt, And ded as a dore-nayl..
The lowly nails history goes back several thousand years. While the nail has almost always been produced for fastening and joining, historically some other fairly imaginative applications have been made of this versatile product, such as mayhem and punishment. Bronze nails, found in Egypt, have been dated 3400 BC.