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Spit

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Why Do I Yawning?

Gleeke is when you put muscular pressure on a salivary gland in a weird way. The glands are used to both produce and store a small amount of spit secretion. From my understanding, it's not medically harmful because it doesn't hit the mouth. And how people experience this, like when you yawn, it's probably the back of your throat. It always comes out of under the tongue.

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