How did those people survive without pillows for so long?!
You know, back in the 1800s.
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You are like my daughter who once asked "Dad, did they have cars in the sixties?.. But she was only 3 then...
Your "question" is proof the sorry state of the current US educational system..
They had pillows back then. It wasn't that long ago you know. It was the time when there wasn't that much technology as we have today but they had pillows of course!
I'm pretty sure they had pillows back then. I'm guessing cavepeople slept on soft leaves or their arms.