I was once told by a friend at school that if you sneeze you actually die for a split second.
A childhood belief about people

others believed things like this
- My dad always told me to never hold my sneeze and if I did, then my head will explode.— anon.
- I was told in first grade that if you fart burp and sneeze at the same time you would blow up— bob doodle
- I used to think that if you don't close your eyes while you sneeze YOU DIE!!!!— Nutter
- I used to believe that I was allergic to the sun, because whenever I looked at it, I would sneeze.— John 117
- I used to think that if I held in a sneeze, my ears would turn inside out.— Lori
- When I was very little, I used to think that there were two New Zealands because how it split on the map!— Azure Autumns