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The yawn reflex has long been observed to be contagious. In 1508, Erasmus wrote, "One man's yawning makes another yawn", [39] and the French proverbialized the idea to "Un bon bâilleur en fait bâiller sept" ('One good gaper makes seven others gape'). [40] Often, if one person yawns, this may cause another person to "empathetically" yawn. [23]
Merely thinking about or seeing someone yawning can make you yawn. But why?
Reasons we we yawn. It was once believed that the main function of yawning was to increase otherwise low oxygen levels, but a 1987 study disproved that theory. And despite extensive additional ...
With the implementation of 872, all local calls in Chicago must be dialed with the full 11-digit phone number (10 digits from cell phones). [ 1 ] The Illinois side of the Chicago area–312/773/872, 708/464 , 847/224 , 630/331 and portions of 815/779 –is one of the largest local calling areas in the United States; with few exceptions, no long ...
A block within the Illinois Medical District bounded by Taylor, Wood, Polk and Lincoln (now Wolcott) Streets was home to the Chicago Cubs baseball club from 1893 to 1915, at the 16,000 capacity West Side Park. The first game was held on May 14, 1893 (Cincinnati 13, Chicago 12) and the last game was on October 3, 1915 (Chicago 7, St. Louis 2).
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For example, by 2009 the Department of Health was promoting "A new type of NHS hospital". [6] In 2011, the 116 trusts then in the pipeline to make applications were required to sign a formal agreement, with a deadline for the application to be made. Board members at a number of trusts which missed the deadline were sacked. [7]
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