Don't lick that cold metal pole in winter—if you do, don't panic

Ars Technica
By Jennifer OuelletteMar 11, 2026, 8:31 am61 pts
We all remember that infamous scene in the 1983 classic, A Christmas Story, where a young boy licks a cold metal post on the playground and ends up getting his tongue stuck to the surface. It's practically a childhood rite of passage. A 1996 case study coined the term "tundra tongue" to describe the phenomenon.…

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