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Science Fact of the Day September 20, 2009

Posted by spatialrift47 in SFoTD.
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Sunlight, apparently, is something to sneeze at – about a quarter of the population possesses the photic sneeze reflex, where overstimulation of the optic nerve (such as sudden bright sunlight) can spill over into triggering a sneeze.

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1. Wibble the Duck - September 22, 2009

Also known as possessing the ‘freaking weird gene’.