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Originally posted by Sushipunk From what I understand, yawning is directly related to to oxygen supply. People yawn more if there is less available oxygen. But I could be wrong.

Isn't that sighing?

Interesting Yawning Facts

* The average yawn lasts about six seconds.
* Your heart rate can rise as much as 30 percent during a yawn.
* 55 percent of people will yawn within five minutes of seeing someone else yawn.
* Blind people yawn more after hearing an audio tape of people yawning.
* Reading about yawning will make you yawn.
* Olympic athletes often yawn before competition. \



the last one made me lol

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Originally posted by narcism Interesting Yawning Facts * The average yawn lasts about six seconds. * Your heart rate can rise as much as 30 percent during a yawn. * 55 percent of people will yawn within five minutes of seeing someone else yawn. * Blind people yawn more after hearing an audio tape of people yawning. * Reading about yawning will make you yawn. * Olympic athletes often yawn before competition. \ the last one made me lol

I just yawned.

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Originally posted by Krypton I just yawned.

me too

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Originally posted by The17sss this might sound weird, but I yawned when I read this, because I was thinking about yawns

Reading the word yawn has 40% effect of seeing someone yawn. I remember i read about it while searching for an article about booz for my research methods class.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On OOKA-OOKA ME NACHOS ME PRESS KEYS ON COMPUTER GOOD

i was always told that yawning is something your body does to stay awake. it gets the blood pumping faster through your body (as whoever posted the fun facts mentioned the increase in heart rate).

lack of oxygen? lol

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Originally posted by notelfreak man i can't believe i tried to come off as responsible in that other thread, i am so full of shit just don't tell anyone

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Originally posted by Slylee lack of oxygen? lol

That seems to be the medical explanation for it , but many animals yawn , so it goes deep into evolution , and fish seem to yawn sometimes .
But we'll find out , the LHC will tell us!

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ok granted, let's say we yawn because it revs our body

but realistically how can it be contageous in a scenario like two people looking the opposite way

I can understand reading the word yawn can stimulate one but have we researched if we secrete an undetected stomach gas or sound? I noticed that when you pull a hardcore yawn, halfway through you have this really hot air that comes out for about half a sec. I doubt that has anything to do with contagion but to reiterate, can it be a high/low-frequency sound triggering the 'contagious yawn'?

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just yawned again at this thread

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stop making me yawn damnit

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Originally posted by jupiterone stop making me yawn damnit

+1

Fuck