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Yawning Is Weird

  • September 24, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Everybody yawns, but nobody knows exactly why we do it. It might be a way of taking in more oxygen, cooling off our brains, or just stretching our face muscles. But yawning is definitely catching — just reading about it can make you yawn. Did you?

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