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Ant smell (mander.xyz)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 112 points 5 months ago (76 children)

Wait, is that true? Is someone able to smell ants?

[–] [email protected] 115 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (51 children)

There are lots of weird genetic traits. Sneezing triggered by sunlight is another funny one.

Veritasium video on that one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e69XZJ9DEj0

[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I have that! Sneezed twice today because of bright sunlight. It can sometimes also be triggered voluntarily by looking at a bright light. You can't trigger it multiple times in a row though. I suspect this is because sinuses need to recover from the shock of the sneeze.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

I can sneeze several times in a row if a light is bright enough. I've even triggered it just thinking of the sun, a few times.

[–] QuantumStorm 9 points 5 months ago

Yep same here! It's nice when you feel a sneeze coming on and then it stops, you can kinda force it to happen!

[–] Maalus 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wait that's a genetic quirk? I do that shit all the time with "the sneeze that won't sneeze"

[–] llamapants 2 points 5 months ago

Sure is! It's my favourite superpower.

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