I 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?

Funny piece up at Cracked.com. Jay Pinkerton has discovered the cure for insomnia, and it involves drinking several Old Milwaukee Tall Boys. It's good for several reasons. One, you get to drink a bunch of beer, and two, it's not like there are several different steps you have to do in order or memorize and there aren't any pills to take, you just drink beer. As Jamie Oliver says, easy peasy (spelling?).

Of course, this is the part of the post where I have to say DRINK RESPONSIBLY.

There is also advice on how to know if you're drinking your beer responsibly and what you can do and/or think about while you're drinking.

Pity Robert Wood. The Scot has a problem: he cooks in his sleep. According to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, Wood routinely sleepwalks, but the real problem comes when he gets into the kitchen and starts whipping up dishes - and he's not just heating up soup. His wife, Eleanor, has caught him making omelettes and spaghetti bolognese in his sleep. As expected, the couple is a bit worried that Rob is gonna burn down the house. "Every night, I have to think, 'Is Rob going to cook?'" says Eleanor. And no - no mention of Ambien in the piece.

[Image Coles.com.au]