Prompt Cast
The Importance of Changing Bed Sheets Regularly
TLDR Changing bed sheets once a week is important because human beds are filled with trillions of microbes, including fecal, oral, and skin bacteria. A study comparing human beds to chimpanzee nests found that chimpanzee beds were actually cleaner and lacking in bacteria compared to human beds.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
The episode discusses the importance of changing bed sheets regularly.
01:53
Human beds are filled with trillions of microbes, including fecal, oral, and skin bacteria, that we shed on a nightly basis, but as long as you change your sheets once a week, it's not too bad.
03:35
Researchers at NC State University found that about 35% of the bacteria in human beds come from our own bodies, and they were curious to see how chimpanzee beds compare in terms of their own microbiome versus other environmental factors.
05:37
Zippy the Chimp is a stuffed animal that the host had as a child and was featured in a gallery of unsettling dolls on a blog.
07:52
A study comparing human beds to chimpanzee beds found that chimpanzee nests were actually cleaner and lacking in bacteria compared to human beds.
09:39
Chimpanzee nests were found to be lacking in fecal bacteria, unlike human beds, even if you sleep naked.
11:28
Chimpanzees make new beds every night from scratch, which is why their beds are cleaner than human beds.
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Society & Culture
