On: What has a 1 in a million chance? (2010)

[__MatrixMan__]

I was once informed that everybody has eaten at least eight spiders in their sleep. Another person in the same car confidently confirmed:

> It's true, if you're on you deathbed and you've only eaten one spider seven more come along and jump right in there at that last second.

I figured it was that sort of reasoning that got us to 24 million babies.

[Bluem00 → __MatrixMan__]

This particular "fact" actually has a known source. Someone made it up as an example of the kinds of things people will believe: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swallow-spiders/