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An interesting story about the Photic Sneeze Reflex [0]:

it's one of the things that fighter pilots are screened for. The reasoning is that they can't have a pilot looking down and dark ground, look up to scan for enemy fighters and start sneezing.

Some people with the reflex can also have multiple sneezes in a row.

I find this all fascinating as:

- I have this

- I was also born with no sense of smell

0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneeze_reflex

parent alexpotato 1 month ago

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