I do not swallow eight spiders a year in my sleep, and neither does anyone else. The familiar statistic survives as a viral scare line, not as a finding from sleep labs or arachnology research. By ...

The claim sounds precise enough to pass as true. Eight spiders a year, eaten while asleep. It’s the kind of fact people insist they picked up in school or heard repeated often enough to trust. The ...

As the temperatures drop, you may notice some extra visitors in your home - of the eight-legged variety. Whether you’re a friend of spiders or foe, the idea of spiders near the space we sleep can be ...