50 Body Myths You Should STOP Believing (Part 3)

A.S.
LIFE

Sleeping in a closed room with the fan is fatal.

Chalk it up to cultural myths, but it’s widely believed in South Korea that if you sleep with a fan in an enclosed room, you’ll die — either from a lack of oxygen, hypothermia, or carbon dioxide.

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