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True or False: You swallowed eight spiders this year

SpiderI was recently told that the average person swallows eight spiders a year while sleeping. Ewwwww.

I tried not to imagine spiders falling from the ceiling directly into my mouth. However, the image stuck in my head. How did I not notice eating these creepy creatures?

As soon as I got to my computer, I Snoped it out (looked it up on Snopes).

Answer: False.

It turns out that this statistic was invented as an absurd example of what people will believe just because it's on the Internet. I guess it worked since by the time it got to me, it was definitely presented as fact.

Have you ever swallowed a bug while you were sleeping? Did you wake up?

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