Interesting facts about tongue....!!!!

Last Friday, I published an article on the importance of controlling our tongue which has the power to build people up or tear them down. Today, I want to share with you some interesting facts about our tongue. Here it goes:

- The tongue is the strongest muscle in our body and it is the only muscle that is connected at only one end.

- Like fingerprint, every single tongue on earth has its own individual tongue print.

- There are over 10,000 taste buds on the surface of our tongue, giving you the ability to taste the difference between, sweet, sour, salty and bitter. The salt and sweet taste buds are at the tip of the tongue, bitter at the base, and sour along the sides.

- The average weight of the adult male tongue is 70 grams, for a female, 60 grams. The tongue is 60-74% percent water, 16-18% protein, 15-24% fat!

- Close to 50% of the bacteria in the mouth lives on the surface of our tongue.

- 85% of the population can curl their tongue into a tube.

- Tongue piercing is an ancient cultural practice that dates back before recorded history.

- A blue whales tongue is the length of an elephant.

- The world’s longest tongue belongs to a woman, which is 9.3 cm long from the tip of her lips when extended.