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[–] 50 points 1 week ago (10 children)

That’s actually the origin of the “average person eats 8 spiders per year” myth. Started for the reason of showing how fast false info spreads.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Fun fact. It kind of was, and it kind of wasn't. At least not in the sense that most people think.

    The base claim is "people eat 8 spiders in their sleep"

    Which was debunked by snopes in 2001, citing someone who make up that claim as an example, which then spread as misinformation

    But that's not the end of the story

    spoiler

    Snopes themselves fabricated that citation, making this whole story very meta

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