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Josh Clark

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Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

And yes, you have erectile tissue in your genitalia,

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

Yes, you have it in your nose, but they're not in any way related as far as anyone's ever even thought aside from the people in this journal.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

Isn't that the most bizarre thing you've ever heard?

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

Like your nose is becoming aroused is basically what they're saying.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

There's also intractable sneezing or psychogenic, and that is something that's almost exclusive to young women, girls, adolescents basically going through puberty.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

And these are girls who may not suffer from allergies, they're not sick with a cold or anything, but can go on these big sneezing binges for days and days at a time.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

And apparently the world โ€“ oh, my goodness โ€“

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

The world record holder is a girl named Donna Griffiths, who was 12 when she started.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

She started in 1981, January of 1981, and her sneezing fit ended 977 days later in September of 1983.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

I remember hearing about this one.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

And as I mean, as it went on, I was way too young for this.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

But, you know, had I had I been more aware, I would have felt very bad for this girl, because as it went on, she could if she sneezed once in a day, it was considered part of the record.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

And I think that that was kind of how it was toward the end.

Stuff You Should Know
How Sneezing Works

But that first year sounds like a bear.