Flushable wipes are anything but—U.S. municipalities collectively spend at least one billion dollars a year dealing with sewer issues resulting from flushable wipes wreaking havoc on sewer systems.

Despite how widespread the belief is that we swallow eight spiders a year in our sleep, the oft-repeated statement is actually a direct quote from 1954’s Insect Fact and Folklore, wherein the author listed it as an example of something false and silly people believe about insects.