Learn to sneeze more quietly with these science-backed techniques

Sneezing Etiquette (Be A Courteous Sneezer!), by Reginald Mount for the Great Britain Central Office of Information, (1940s) CC-BY 4.0

"A thunderous sneeze is a learned behavior," says Mas Takashima, chair of the otolaryngology department at Houston Methodist. He told The Washington Post that "you hardly ever hear anybody sneezing boisterously in Japan. …