what i learned today

ever since i can remember, when i go outside and the sun is shining high in the sky, i sneeze.. twice. today i learned that this is an actual syndrome! weird hey?

it's called the photic sneeze reflex (aka, the ACHOO syndrome) apparently it only occurs in about 10% of the world's population! i thought this was only a sara thing to do.

did you know that this sneeze reflex is also hereditary? i am going to have one sniffly family..

just looking at this picture makes me feel like sneezing

just kidding.. haha it's not THAT bad!

anyways,

it all started when Aristotle wrote a book (The Book of Problems) and asked the question,"Why does the heat of the sun provoke sneezing?" But many years later, scientists discovered that the heat has nothing to do with the sneezing at all!

it has to do with crossed wires in your brain that, let's be honest here, is way to complicated for me to start explaining (sorry). but as i read over and over again, this thing about crossed wires is actually just a theory and scientists still haven't figured out the cause of this silly syndrome!

who knew the sun could cause such strange things to happen to the human body..