While metal tongue studs may have more flash than piercings made of plastic, a mouthful of steel also harbors more bacteria, researchers report in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Adolescent ...

This kid is in for a bad time. | LWA/Stone/Getty Images (boy and pole); Justin Dodd/Mental Floss (question mark background) It’s a scene that will play on countless televisions this holiday season.

WACO, Texas — A Baylor University student thought it would be a good idea to stick her tongue to a metal pole in the midst of all the cold weather taking place in Central Texas. Predictably, McKailah ...

Don’t try this at home or at school, for that matter. An Easthampton middle schooler, apparently undaunted by minus-10-degree temperatures, licked a frozen metal pole outside school Wednesday morning ...