Hey there, tiktakers!
We know you love curious facts about the human
body, so today we bring you one that really
caught our attention.
And better yet, you'll be able to try it out
yourself!
Are you ready?
The test is pretty simple – just look up…
Are you done?
Now here's the key question: Did you open
your mouth?
Most people who do this test discover that
every time they look upwards, they open their
mouth.
Do you know why?
Well, Tik and Tak thought about it, and their
responses were pretty funny:
On the one hand, Tik thinks we open our mouth
because we are amazed at the unicorns we see
in the sky – you know Tik loves unicorns
and is always thinking about them!
On the other hand, Tak is convinced that we
open our mouth to let out a grunt in case
we see a spider.
Who do you think is right?
Well, the answer is simpler than it seems:
We open our mouth so that our neck's skin
is not stretched – it is usually pretty
elastic, but not so much as to support that
movement easily.
Moreover, because of the neck's position,
the jaw tends to go down.
If you want to check it out, you just need
to make the same movement, but trying to keep
your mouth closed.
Do you feel it stretching your skin?
You surely need to make an effort, even if
it's very small.
We bet many of you think that having your
mouth open is a sign of being clueless and
not paying attention, but that isn't so – our
body is pretty intelligent, and it adjusts
itself so we can move naturally.
Pretty interesting, right tiktakers?
We bet that from now on you'll start paying
more attention to how people around you behave.
And it's not that the sky or the ceiling will
give you an answer – it's that we need to
visualize what we want to say, and there is
usually less stimuli to distract us when we
look up.
And if instead we want to reflect on ourselves,
we tend to look towards the floor.
And if a question is pretty complicated, we
tend to close our eyes to focus as much as
we can!
See, tiktakers?
All this has an explanation.
If you tried it, let us know in the comments
what the result was.
