You can rest easy then, because that whole "you swallow spiders in your sleep" thing has always been an urban myth.RedDeadFred said:Sweet mother of fuck.... I didn't actually believe you when you said I might not be able to sleep but I absolutely loath HATE spiders.6th And Silver said:WARNING: The following video may prevent you from sleeping tonight. Or ever again.
No questions. Just skip to about 3:24. Or watch the whole thing, it's pretty interesting stuff. My warning still stands, though.
Here's an article about it. [http://insects.about.com/od/insectfolklore/qt/spiders-swallowed-while-asleep.htm]
I think its inclusion in that video was just a joke.
So no need for any restless nights.
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Besides, that's nowhere near as disturbing as the scientific fact that the average human body contains 2-5 pounds of living, squirming parasitic organisms[sup][1][/sup] [http://zap.intergate.ca/parasite.html][sup][2][/sup] [http://www.hhmi.org/bulletin/winter2005/bacteria/bacteria2.html].
Also, the FDA is actually very lenient on bugs getting ground into our food on the factory floor, resulting in the average person unknowingly consuming about 1 pound of mashed insect a year[sup][3][/sup] [http://health.yahoo.net/experts/eatthis/grossest-bugs-you-dont-know-youre-eating]
Hope this helps!