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Busted myths: what spiders, chewing gum and haemorrhoids have in common

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageWe swallow spiders in our sleep, don't we?from www.shutterstock.com.au

As children, we believed our friends and parents when they told us disturbing tales of watermelon seeds growing in our stomachs and changes in the wind freezing our pulled funny faces permanently. But which of these childhood tales is true and what is a myth? We asked three...

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