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10 Grossest Things You Never Knew About Sleeping

7. You Sleep With 1.5 Million Dust Mites Every Night

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Think that your bed should be made every single morning before you've even opened the curtains and let sunlight beam down into your little haven? Well, think again. Instead of being all prim and proper, why not leave that bed untidy. You know, sheets everywhere and pillows nowhere near the top of the thing.

There's a good reason for this, and it has to do with those sharing your sleeping quarters. Each night, you share bed with around 1.5 million tiny dust mites. They're invisible to the naked eye, but they're there. Oh yes, they are there, and they're having a fabulous time living off whatever you leave behind in the middle of the night.

Gives a new spin on the established 'counting sheep' formula, doesn't it?

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