A short YouTube dialogue in which two speakers discuss the common claim that people swallow about eight spiders per year while sleeping. Speaker B dismisses the claim as a myth and uses informal reasoning to explain why the figure is ridiculous; Speaker A expresses relief.
Apparently we eat a lot of spiders in our sleep. Roughly eight per year. Is this a myth or a fact?
It's definitely a myth. Eight spiders for one person swallow every year. That's a ridiculous amount. Imagine that built up over a lifetime. We wouldn't even need to eat food or breakfast every morning. We're eating that many spiders.
Oh, that's good to know. I can sleep safe and sound now.
