Way back in the day, I shared a hundred random facts about myself. Number eight on that list was that plucking my eye brows makes me sneeze. I’m happy to report that October’s O Magazine answers the question about why that happens:
The facial nerves include the trigeminal, which has a branch that extends from the brow down into the tip of the nose. Sometimes when plucking your eyebrows, that nerve is stimulated: Aaachoo!
So. Now we know.
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