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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI have some bad news. It has been proven that when we sleep...
we swallow between 300 and 400 spiders every 8 hour period.
300 is the bare minimum.
No one escapes this statistic.
I'm sorry.
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I have some bad news. It has been proven that when we sleep... (Original Post)
LuckyCharms
Feb 2019
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rampartc
(5,412 posts)1. is any nutritional information available?
LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)2. Depends upon the size of the fangs.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)3. Spiders? Or arachnids likes mites?
mucifer
(23,550 posts)4. Good thing I don't sleep!
NNadir
(33,525 posts)5. I don't think it's particularly bad news. They taste great!
Mike Nelson
(9,959 posts)6. Every 8 hours?
I thought it was around that for a longer period
maybe 500 in a lifetime... But there are many other bugs, so that brings the number up... also, we surely swallow a few big, meaty houseflies in a lifetime.
akraven
(1,975 posts)7. Spiders are tasty.
zanana1
(6,122 posts)8. Should I factor this in to my caloric intake? nt
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)9. No wonder I can't lose any weight.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)10. Then why do I wake up hungry?
A HERETIC I AM
(24,370 posts)11. Funny thought, absolutely untrue, nonsense fact.
In fact, as a fact, it's utter bunk.
Where the Rumor Started
The myth seems to stem from a 1993 magazine article that poked fun at how people are quick to believe fake facts that are written on the internet and in emails. The author included a fictional spider statistic as an example of outlandish things people are willing to believe. Ironically, the false fact began to spread by word-of-mouth and email, and before long people were passing it on as the truth.
The Real Deal
Of course, some humans do have middle-of-the-night run-ins with spiders, particularly those who live in remote areas, or places where arachnids are prevalent. There are reports of people being bitten in their sleep by spiders, and the suggestion that one of these critters could accidentally crawl into a snoozing persons open mouth and become accidentally swallowed isnt impossible to fathom. But you can sleep soundly knowing that in the odd event that it does occur, swallowing spiders is by no means common and its highly unlikely that it would occur more than oncelet alone eight times (or 300 a night, as the ridiculous case may be)in the course of the year.
The myth seems to stem from a 1993 magazine article that poked fun at how people are quick to believe fake facts that are written on the internet and in emails. The author included a fictional spider statistic as an example of outlandish things people are willing to believe. Ironically, the false fact began to spread by word-of-mouth and email, and before long people were passing it on as the truth.
The Real Deal
Of course, some humans do have middle-of-the-night run-ins with spiders, particularly those who live in remote areas, or places where arachnids are prevalent. There are reports of people being bitten in their sleep by spiders, and the suggestion that one of these critters could accidentally crawl into a snoozing persons open mouth and become accidentally swallowed isnt impossible to fathom. But you can sleep soundly knowing that in the odd event that it does occur, swallowing spiders is by no means common and its highly unlikely that it would occur more than oncelet alone eight times (or 300 a night, as the ridiculous case may be)in the course of the year.
https://www.ergoflex.co.uk/blog/category/sleep-research/Do-We-Really-Swallow-8-Spiders-Per-Year-Sleep-Myths-Debunked
http://mentalfloss.com/article/50951/how-many-spiders-do-you-really-swallow-your-sleep
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/spiders-inside-her/
https://animals.howstuffworks.com/arachnids/do-we-swallow-spiders-in-sleep.htm
https://www.sleep.org/articles/debunking-sleep-myths-people-swallow-spiders-sleep/
TeapotInATempest
(804 posts)12. That's a relief.
I would never sleep again, otherwise. I'm the most arachnophobic person I have ever met.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)14. Never forget the statement from Abraham Lincoln:
"Don't always believe everything you read on the internet." --A Lincoln, 1885
A HERETIC I AM
(24,370 posts)17. ....
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)13. 99% of the statistics you read on the internet are complete bullshit
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)15. Like your helicopter picture
Ties in nicely with my signature line.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)16. You don't have to be a racist shitbag to be a Republican
...but it's a great start.