10 Grossest Things You Never Knew About Sleeping
6. Dust Mites Eat Your Skin Like Pringles
'Once You Pop, You Can't Stop'. Anyone who enjoys crisps will know that little slogan from Pringles. Incredibly more-ish and delicious to boot, Pringles are also a favourite snack of dust mites. There's just one difference: those little arachnids don't enjoy Salt n' Vinegar or BBQ, they quite like the brand new flavour called 'Skin'.
This won't be a top seller in UK shops any time soon, but it is a hit inside your bed. Glen Needham, a retired Entomology professor at Ohio State University, compared your skin flakes to Pringles. According to Needham, that's how dust mites treat you, like one big crisp-making factory.
It's a constant party under those sheets, but not for the reasons you'd like to imagine. It turns out that 'once you pop', you never sleep again.