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[โ€“] Waker@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This reminds me of the "you eat X amount of spiders in your sleep every year". It's also been debunked so many times and I see it popping up from time to time.

Even more ironic, this was created by some professor (?) to prove that starting fake viral facts was easy or something...

[โ€“] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you just add the words on average, suddenly it sounds more realistic, because who knows if there's a guy somewhere sleepwalking in a spider infested place

[โ€“] genuineparts@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago

Good old Spiders George

[โ€“] MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Man, I always thought that one was suspect. If I eat 10 per year and have been alive 40+ years, then surely one of those times I would have woken up.

[โ€“] Sproux@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If i recall that explanation for the spider fact is itself just made up with no source.

[โ€“] Waker@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

God no... Please... :(

[โ€“] Freeman@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, and X% of dust is dead skincells. There is a good Veritasium video on this clai.