The full article starts here: 6 Ridiculous Myths You Believe About Stuff You Use Every Day.
The SD mention comes on the second page, in Myth #2 (“Your Mattress Doubles in Weight Every 10 Years from Dead Skin and Bugs”):
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…and here is the article the author was referring to: Does a mattress double its weight due to dust mites and their debris?
The Straight Dope continues to have meaningful impact on an apathetic civilization! WOOT!
Shayna
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Woot indeed! Go SD and Cracked.com (love that site!).
Too bad it has a useless comment system. It really could use something more structured and accessible.
BigT
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I saw this, too. I wondered if calling it a “myth fighting website” was really all that accurate. I mean, I guess ignorance is a form of myth…