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10 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me
Warning: Tongue-related content.
When you’re bereft of ideas, there’s always a prompt floating around that you can cling to like a half-inflated life preserver. “Ten things you don’t know about me” is one of those no-brainers with little risk and probably less reward, but here goes nothin’.
1. I can curl my tongue and wiggle my ears.
See, you’re already getting value for your money.
When things get really, really dull at a party, I can curl my tongue, wiggle my ears, and kinda-sorta juggle tennis balls all at the same time. I taught myself to juggle one hot summer through sheer, brute repetition for hours on end.
I have clearly missed my calling as a clown for children’s birthday parties.
It turns out that ear-wiggling is a vestigial trait and only 10–20% of people can do it. Basically, I’m part wolf. I feel like I should get more credit for this than I do.
I’m not sure what’s up with the tongue curling, but you can read more about it here if you’ve got some time on our hands.
