Useless Trivia

arghh my nose has been acting up like crazy over the past 2 days...... seems like my sinusitis is getting to me again.... but did you know that sneezing actually can mean a lot of other stuff also?=p

In Hungary, a sneeze that occurs after making a statement is sometimes interpreted as a confirmation by God that the statement was true.

It is a common belief in India that one sneezes if he remembers or is remembered by someone dear to him. Most Indians consider sneezing healthy, and the inability to sneeze to be cause for alarm. Psychology Today reports that Indian scientists have labeled an inability to sneeze "asneezia"; the people of India have long used snuff as a way to artificially induce the healthy sneeze.

According to an old Japanese belief, a sneeze is a sign that someone is talking about you.

In English-speaking countries, it is common for at least one person to say "Bless you" after someone sneezes. The traditional explaination for the custom is that it began literally as a blessing. Pope Gregory I the Great (540-604 AD) ascended to the Papacy just in time for the start of the plague in 590 AD (his successor succumbed to it). To combat the plague Gregory ordered litanies, processions and unceasing prayer for God's intercession. When someone sneezed, they were immediately blessed ("God bless you!") in the hope that they would not subsequently develop the plague.

Thx to wikipedia for this info=)