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Unexplainable

Yawn baby yawn

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

People yawn when they’re bored, right? So then why do athletes yawn before races? And why do so many animals yawn? … And why does reading this paragraph make you more likely to yawn? For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable It’s a great place to view show transcripts and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! [email protected] We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Support for the show comes from Into the Mix, a Ben and Jerry's podcast about joy and

0:05.4

justice produced with Vox Creative.

0:09.0

Thousands of Afghans fled their homes when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021.

0:14.2

The UK government promised to take in 20,000 of them as refugees, but in the first year

0:18.9

only 22 Afghans had been approved for asylum in the UK.

0:23.2

So what happened?

0:24.2

And what does this mean for the tens of thousands of people left behind?

0:28.4

For that story on the latest episode of Into the Mix.

0:58.4

Okay, can I give you some full disclosure?

1:04.1

Yeah.

1:05.1

I got less than an ideal amount of sleep last night.

1:08.3

Okay.

1:09.3

And I know this episode is about yawns, so I'm kind of scared.

1:15.1

If you don't keep me interested in yawns, you might lose me, so this is your challenge.

1:21.0

Okay.

1:22.0

Okay.

1:23.0

Challenge accepted.

1:24.0

So, so let's just reset for a second.

1:26.1

I'm no, I'm your Brian, hey, it's unexplainable.

1:29.8

And this whole episode actually started because we got this email from a listener named

1:34.1

Chris, all about yawns.

1:36.4

Here's what he said.

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