Olivia and the Tongue

Did you know that the longest tongue on record is 3.86 inches from the tip to the back?  

Women have shorter tongues than men.  The longest female tongue was only 2.76 inches long.

Thomas Blackstone can boast he has the strongest tongue-- he lifted a 24 lb 3 oz weight that he lifted with a hook in his tongue.

A blue whale tongue is the size of an elephant and weighs 5400 lbs!  

The saying "cat got your tongue"comes from ancient Assyria, because conquered soldiers and criminals had their tongues cut out and fed to cats. 

Guiness World Records says that the hardest tongue twister in the English language is "The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick."

And in case you were wondering, because it comes in a variety of shapes and can have different number of taste buds, the human tongue imprint is as unique as a fingerprint.

Thanks to this infographic for the cool tongue facts, and a big thank you to Miss Olivia for being such a great tongue model!