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Common sleep myths

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Dave Ashton

If you’re an arachnophobe, here’s some good news (finally)!

You don’t swallow spiders in your sleep. 😅

It’s one of the most common sleep myths.

A writer named Lisa Holst started spreading the falsehood way back 1993 to show how gullible we all are…and, it looks like a lot!

Here are some other common sleep myths we’re debunking for you! #YW

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