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Originally posted by RxyChrldr
What a fun thread! Is this true about the sneezing thing? I remember being told in school that the reason "Bless You" (or Gesundheit, meaning "health" in German) was because back in the time of the Bubonic Plague, they thought sneezing was a symptom or a sign that you were going to die...so they were blessing you or wishing you health...hmm? anyone know what the real deal is?
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I think this is close, when combined with the later one - sneezing allowed evil spirits to enter the body, if I recall, and "bless you" was to prevent this from happening - "gesundheit" story is similar to yours, if i recall.
Also - your heart stops beating "for a millisecond?" The refractory period for the heart is way longer than this (think x100), so it stops for several hundred milliseconds each time it beats . . .
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