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	Yawning
wiganfootie
9-27-2009 5:56 PM
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9-27-2009 6:37 PM
jmatts78
I yawned all the through that
9-27-2009 6:37 PM
jmatts78
bagh. all the WAY through that.
9-27-2009 7:35 PM
shaor
Me too
9-27-2009 9:49 PM
kareval
Yawn! Just reading that I yawned too!
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5ab36b80-a14a-4a52-b5fe-c0df89694aa0/BA91593F-CA14-4029-9A26-710689E0F163/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://health.howstuffworks.com/question5721.htm" href="http://health.howstuffworks.com/question5721.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">health.howstuffworks.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/question5721.htm"><P>
While the dictionary tells us that yawning is caused by being fatigued,
drowsy or bored, scientists are discovering that there is more to
yawning than what most people think. Not much is known about why we
yawn or if it serves any useful function, and very little research has
been done on the subject. However, there are several theories about why
we yawn. Here are the three most common theories:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/question5721.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/health.howstuffworks.com/img/7DFA7879-E19A-46C7-9BF6-E11E5F88F344" alt="man yawning" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/question5721.htm"><DIV class="body"><FONT><FONT face="arial,helvetica"><DIV align="left"><UL><FONT size="-1"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">The average yawn lasts about six seconds.
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Your <A href="http://health.howstuffworks.com/heart.htm">heart</A> rate can rise as much as 30 percent during a yawn.
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">55 percent of people will yawn within five minutes of seeing someone else yawn.
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Blind people yawn more after hearing an audio tape of people yawning.
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Reading about yawning will make you yawn.
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Olympic athletes often yawn before competition.
</LI></FONT></UL></DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/question5721.htm"><STRONG>The simple truth is that even though humans have been yawning for possibly as long as they have existed, we have no clue as to why we do it.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; 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