Thursday, May 29, 2008

Series of Sneezing - I

What do you know about ur Sneeze?? What does the world have to say about it??

Well, I Febronia would love to take you for a tour of SNEEZE WORLD...Come join in!!

In the first Part:
- Some Facts

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1. Facts
* Sneezes are an automatic reflex that can’t be stopped once sneezing starts.
* Sneezes can travel at a speed of 100 miles per hour and the wet spray can radiate five feet.
* People don’t sneeze when they are asleep because the nerves involved in nerve reflex are also resting.
* Between 18 and 35% of the population sneezes when exposed to sudden bright light.
* Some people sneeze when plucking their eyebrows because the nerve endings in the face are irritated and then fire an impulse that reaches the nasal nerve.
* Donna Griffiths from Worcestershire, England sneezed for 978 days, sneezing once every minute at the beginning. This is the longest sneezing episode on record.

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