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Sneezing and Sleep

  • February 17, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

You don’t sneeze in your sleep, even if you have a cold! The nerve cells that tell your brain to sneeze when something’s bugging your nose get “turned off” during REM sleep. If you have to sneeze while dozing, you’ll wake up first.

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