Today I Found Out
Why Does the Sun Make You Sneeze? (2017x237)
Air date: Oct 07, 2017
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If you happen to like our videos and hav→’t help that big achoo? If you answered yes, then you are part of the twenty to thirty five percent of the human population that are “victims” of this not highly understood phenomenon, known as the “photic sneeze reflex” or a “solar sneeze.” Why do certain people have solar sneezes? How does it work? Only in the past few years have scientists begun to understand this rather odd trait.
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Sources:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/looking-at-the-sun-can-trigger-a-sneeze/
https://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/why-does-looking-sun-sneeze-133700704.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneeze_reflex
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8108024
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/11/26/3896820.htm
http://books.google.com/books?id=qsdw_9otYckC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+book+of+problems+aristotle&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KZubU9b5Hc-6oQSN_4LYAg&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=sneezing&f=false
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%252F10.1371%252Fjournal.pone.0009208
http://bodyodd.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/06/05/12052942-does-the-sun-make-you-sneeze-its-not-just-you?lite
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002049.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK109193/pdf/achoo.pdf
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-bright-light-cau/
http://books.google.com/books?id=IpQXpNQDn8UC&pg=PA357&lpg=PA357&dq=Francis+Bacon+sun+sneezes&source=bl&ots=2B-Tc_OdAy&sig=GjCRQ9Ho7jBcsl3ux8KTtgMHJiI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=g5-bU9bBGMbxoATj1ILQCQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Francis%20Bacon%20sun%20sneezes&f=false
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/728575
Image Credit:
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-170782484/stock-photo-beautiful-woman-using-tissue-while-sneezing-in-park
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-178579786/stock-photo-girl-with-allergic-reaction-on-bloomin
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