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You Can’t Breathe Through Your Nose With Your Tongue Sticking Out

Try opening your mouth wide and sticking your tongue out. Can you breathe through your nose? Guess what? No one else can, either. Since we know you just tried this to see if we were telling the truth, we really hope no one was watching at the time.

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Try opening your mouth wide and sticking your tongue out. Can you breathe through your nose? Guess what? No one else can, either.

Since we know you just tried this to see if we were telling the truth, we really hope no one was watching at the time.

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4 responses to “You Can’t Breathe Through Your Nose With Your Tongue Sticking Out”

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    GP

    I was breathing just fine – but then again, why not? Everything else about me is weird, so….
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      Commonplace Fun Facts

      Did you have your mouth full open? In other words, were you creating a seal around your tongue with your lips or teeth? That’s where it threw me.

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      1. Jax Avatar
        Jax

        What on earth.. where have you got these “facts” from, ha! Of course you can breathe through your nose with your tongue out and mouth open… I’d attach a video if I could!

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          Commonplace Fun Facts

          We were really hoping that some folks would post photos or videos of themselves attempting this. Sorry to confess that this was a prank. Our writers were feeling particularly impish that day.

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