stackyFACTSWe basically chew like malfunctioning wooden puppets. Your upper jaw is completely fused to your skull, meaning only the bottom part swings around wildly to break down your lunch.
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Despite our soft diets and modern complaints about slightly hard bread, we are dangerously capable biters. Our jaw configuration allows us to bite with more…
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The masseter muscle is the undisputed heavyweight champion of your anatomy. While the gluteus maximus is the largest muscle, your jaw muscles can exert a bite…
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Speaking a specific language from childhood actually physically reshapes the intricate muscles in your mouth to perfectly accommodate those exact regional…
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Despite the popular myth, yawning isn't a desperate gasp for more oxygen. It acts more like a complex stretching mechanism that forces the jaw muscles to…
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Trading spit might soon become a legitimate medical procedure for your teeth. Scientists are developing oral microbiome transplants to eradicate Streptococcus…
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You pour it on a scrape expecting it to be a magical healing potion, but those fun little bubbles are actually the sound of your healthy cells screaming as…
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