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What, when, where, why, and how... do we sneeze? There's a surprising amount of mystery to the thing we do all the time, and a lot to learn about! And how many parables and metaphors that we use are actually true? Let's actually dig in to the research and bust some myths!! I mean... break some... falsehoods!! Images we Talk About: [The">https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.009/asset/8ad625a2-67dd-40cc-8d38-27a89fdbcf76/main.assets/fx1\_lrg.jpg">The]( https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/fossil/images/7/79/Cotylorhynchus\_BW.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20221128125451">Caseids [Diplodocus">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05761-3/figures/1">Diplodocus]( https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Survivorship-bias.svg/960px-Survivorship-bias.svg.png">Plane]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvvES47OdmY">Moai]( https://maximumfun.org/join/">Support]( https://discord.gg/EZBvwBZkXv">Join]( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/20939073\_The\_history\_of\_sneezing">1990]( https://www.jstor.org/stable/44079975?read-now=1&seq=1#page\_scan\_tab\_contents">2013]( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26681056\_Sneeze\_reflex\_Facts\_and\_fiction">2009]( https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-why-do-we-sneeze-180957634/">Smithsonian:]( https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/air-gas-caesar-last-breath-sam-kean">National]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneeze">Wiki:]( https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12098519/">2025]( https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867424009000">2024]( https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02858-9">Nature:]( https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/looking-at-the-sun-can-trigger-a-sneeze/">Scientific]( https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0009208">2010]( https://scienceline.org/2009/11/why-do-some-people-sneeze-when-they-look-at-the-sun/comment-page-1/">ScienceLine:]( https://www.omim.org/entry/137130#2">OMIM:]( https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1258/jrsm.2009.090006">2009]( https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/220/5/737/18885/An-ancient-origin-for-the-diaphragm">2017]( https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35880746/">2022]( https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/150627-animals-science-elephants-anatomy-sneezing?loggedin=true&rnd=1763062941114">National]( https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/african-wild-dogs-vote-by-sneezing">National]( https://oceanbites.org/sneeze-cough-chuff-respiratory-irritation-in-dolphins/">Oceanbites:]( https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-much-slime-can-a-hagfish-make.html">Natural]( https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-hagfish-77165589/">Smithsonian:]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58kqHBD6cNE&t=6s">Sci-Show-]( https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982222011186">2022]( https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05761-3">2022]( https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/first-dinosaur-found-with-a-respiratory-disease?rnd=1763301537293&loggedin=true">National]( https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2009/07/guest-post-wisdom-on-frogs/21789/">Atlantic]( https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/survivorship-bias-plane">Know]( https://cameronmoll.com/journal/abraham-wald-red-bullet-holes-origin-story">Cameron]( https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA091073.pdf">Abraham]( https://www.americanscientist.org/article/rethinking-the-fall-of-easter-island">Terry]( https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440312004311">The](<a href=) Walking Moai Paper