It’s not just an urban legend—your tongue can get stuck to frozen metal
IFLScience | James Felton. Norwegian researchers scoured published accounts and found more than 100 unique cases of “tundra tongue” reported in Scandinavian newspapers since the first known incident in 1845. Sixty percent of the incidents occurred among boys, and in 18% of all the cases, lickers had to get the flesh of their tongue ripped away. The scientists also conducted experiments with dozens of pig tongues and cold lampposts—identifying which temperatures were most likely to require painful detachment.
