You don’t swallow 8 spiders a year  in your sleep. It’s so unlikely for a  spider to crawl into your mouth at  night that there’s no formal medical  or scientific record of it ever actually  happening. Spiders get most of the  information about their surroundings  through vibrations – so your snoring, breathing, and heartbeat usually  scares them away.  (, , )

For over 50 years, the sugar industry has funded research that minimizes its negative impact on health. The University of San Francisco found evidence that in 1965, Harvard scientists were paid to blame cardiovascular disease entirely on saturated fat and not sugar. According to USF researchers, studies were reviewed before being published, “the investigators knew what the funder expected, and produced it… and the practice continues.”  (, , )