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You Asked: How do you cure bad breath? — Keith, Houston, Texas Marshall Brain Answers: As described in this article, bad breath usually comes from debris, bacteria and slime in your mouth – either on your teeth or on your tongue. That means that the cure for bad breath is going to be brushing your [...]
World Record #120 – The fastest tongue in the world
by Marshall Brain | December 18, 2009
Which animal has the fastest tongue in the world? By watching this video you can find out, and also learn about the muscle system that makes it so fast (the part about the tongue starts about a minute in): There’s a bonus at 2:15 – the world’s fastest claw. See also: What would happen if [...]
You Asked: How are we able to speak? — Mudabir, Iahore, Pakistan Marshall Brain Answers: First a little anatomy. You have your lungs. The lungs connect to the wind pipe or trachea. At the top of the trachea is the larynx, also known as the voice box. The larynx is visible in the form of [...]
You asked: What would happen if we didn’t have a tongue? — Desi, Kansas City, Missouri Marshall Brain Answered: Well, for one thing french kissing would be out, and so would licking your lips. And these tongue tricks would be impossible: But ignoring these little things, the tongue performs three important functions that we usually [...]
You Asked: What makes lemons sour? — Erin, Gilbert, Ariz. Marshall Brain Answered: There are two parts to this: 1) How does the tongue sense sourness and 2) What chemical do lemons contain to trigger those sensors? It turns out that the sour sensors on your tongue are basically pH detectors: Biologists Discover How We [...]
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