For fresher-smelling mattresses, pour a thin layer of baking soda over the entire bed. If there are areas that reek more, use slightly more powder in those sections only. Leave it for at least five hours then vacuum it up.

Fact

The longest English word is 189,819 letters long.

We won’t spell it out here, but the full name for the protein nicknamed titin would take three and a half hours to say out loud. While this is, by far, the longest word in English, the longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary has 45 letters, and the longest made-up word has just 28.