The Sun Sneeze Gene
I have the photic sneeze reflex so I sneeze when I look at bright light. Check out 23andMe: http://ve42.co/23andme *So technically the single nucleotide swap (C instead of T) is not actually...
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I am a sun sneezer. Which is also known as having the photic sneeze reflexOr, the autosomal dominant compelling helio ophthalmic outbursts syndrome.Which basically means if I go from a dark area into somewhere that's brightly lit - You know, like, looking at the sun - I will sneeze.Wait for it...There you go, I'm a sun sneezer.But why does this happen?People have known about this effect for at least a few thousand yearsAristotle was probably a sun sneezer because in his book of problemshe asked: Why does the sun provoke sneezing?And his answer was it was the heat from the sun which causessweating inside your nose, and so you sneeze to get rid of the moisture.but a couple millennia laterSir Francis Bacon demonstrated that this could not be the case beca...
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I am a sun sneezer. Which is also known as having the photic sneeze reflexOr, the autosomal dominant compelling helio ophthalmic outbursts syndrome.Which basically means if I go from a dark area into somewhere that's brightly lit - You know, like, looking at the sun - I will sneeze.Wait for it...There you go, I'm a sun sneezer.But why does this happen?People have known about this effect for at least a few thousand yearsAristotle was probably a sun sneezer because in his book of problemshe asked: Why does the sun provoke sneezing?And his answer was it was the heat from the sun which causessweating inside your nose, and so you sneeze to get rid of the moisture.but a couple millennia laterSir Francis Bacon demonstrated that this could not be the case beca...
