This Reddit Thread Is Here to Set Straight Common Beliefs That Are Misconceptions

If you’ve ever heard the myth that humans swallow, on average, eight spiders each year while sleeping, you know what we are talking about. This couldn’t be further from the truth. The actual number is much closer to zero. That said, you may consume a spider or two in your food, but you would never know!

Spiders and other insects are intelligent enough to recognize that the warm cavern expelling breath leads to their demise so that they won’t go near it. Spiders have been around for hundreds of millions of years. They wouldn’t have survived this long if they didn’t recognize danger!