Amaton

My entire life, I've had this peculiar relationship with a common food favorite -- chocolate. Nearly every time I eat something with a lot of chocolate, there's a sneeze or two. Name any chocolate-rich treat, and if it goes into my mouth, I can't help but sneeze. This typically only happens with the first bite. After that, I can chunk down on it without any other noticeable effects. The same happens with strong mint, and I'm sure I'm not the only one on this forum who has such a reaction to either or both. I used to think it was some very mild form of allergy, but upon research this is most likely not the case. The conditions are allegedly related to a much more common phenomenon known as photic sneeze reflex, where affected individuals have an involuntary sneeze when suddenly exposed to a large amount of light, especially in regards to the face. > http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=looking-at-the-sun-can-trigger-a-sneeze While the above condition is actually relatively well studied, chocolate and other food-related reactions do not seem to be so well documented (but there are some sources, albeit nonscientific). > http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/07/for-some-chocoholics-an-orgasm-of-the-face/59885/ Interestingly, all these anomalies seem to be related in that the individuals supposedly inherit these via a dominant trait, meaning that one or more biological family members are also likely to have it. Well, I don't really have a question, but I thought this would be an interesting topic to bring up. Thoughts? Any similar circumstances to share?

Seriously. The switch 'goes up' when you 'turn on' the light, and there are children around. Whoever made this was either doing it for humor or had a bit too much wine at mass.

Hi everyone. Chose "Amaton" as my name for a fictional being I thought of. Doesn't matter how you pronounce it in your head, "uh-MAH-ton" or "AMA-tahn" is fine. Whatever suits your fancy. Anyway, I'm a young, scientifically-minded student aspiring to achieve pinnacle knowledge so that I can one day contribute to the world in a positive way. My main focus right now is independently studying mathematics. And as I'm relatively young, I have not yet taken formal classes for mathematics beyond high school. So I'll be asking a lot of questions in the math sub-forum. So yeah! I look forward to learning and contributing to the community here