Do We Really Swallow Spiders in Our Sleep?
BrainStuff
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4.0 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2021
⏱️ 7 minutes
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You may have heard that we swallow eight spiders a year in our sleep, but is that really true? We debunk this myth in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/arachnids/do-we-swallow-spiders-in-sleep.htm
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