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Curiosity Weekly

Tongue Muscles, Marcus Aurelius’ Motivational Advice, and the World’s Shortest IQ Test

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6935 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0

Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. I'm Cody Gough.

0:06.5

And I'm Ashley Hamer.

0:07.5

Today you'll hear some motivational advice from Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

0:12.2

You'll learn about the muscles in your tongue. Yes, that's

0:14.8

muscles, not muscle. And you'll take the world's shortest IQ test. It's only three questions.

0:20.8

Let's tell us for some curiosity.

0:22.3

Cody, do you know what the strongest muscle in your body is? three questions. Let's tell us for some curiosity.

0:22.6

Cody, do you know what the strongest muscle in your body is?

0:24.9

Your brain?

0:25.9

No, your brain isn't a muscle.

0:27.8

It's kind of a muscle.

0:29.4

No, it's not.

0:30.8

It's nothing like a muscle. all. It's an organ. Yeah. I don't know the strongest muscle on my body. I don't have very many strong muscles. So I don't really know. Well, I mean, a lot of people say it's your quads maybe,

0:47.0

and then a lot of people will say tongue.

0:48.0

But it's not the strongest muscle in your body,

0:51.0

for two reasons. One one it's not and two it's more than just one

0:58.4

muscle what the tongue yeah it's actually a bunch of muscles.

1:02.5

Really? Yeah, this was really surprising to me.

1:05.3

Today in myth-busting, your tongue is more than just one muscle.

1:09.4

It's a bunch of muscles.

1:10.8

Most of the muscles in your body attach to bone, but a lot of the muscles in your tongue just attached to each other.

1:17.0

That's how octopus arms and elephant trunks work too, by the way.

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