EasyLateral
"I am the most contagious thing that is not a disease. Thinking about me makes you do me. Even reading this sentence might cause one. What am I?"
Answer
A Yawn
Explanation
Yawning is extraordinarily contagious — seeing, hearing, or even reading about yawning triggers it. The exact reason is debated but it seems linked to empathy. Simply reading the word yawn causes many people to yawn.
This is an easy riddle in the Lateral Thinking category — Riddles that require thinking completely outside the box.
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