Why Is My Tongue Stuck to This Flagpole?

First of all, DON’T DO IT! But if you WERE to stick your tongue to a cold flagpole, why would it stick?

Hosted by: Hank Green

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Sources:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/why-your-tongue-gets-stuck-to-an-icicle/2014/02/03/dad2eb64-89fc-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/09/science/q-a-cold-eyes.html

http://www.livescience.com/32237-will-your-tongue-really-stick-to-a-frozen-flagpole.html

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/thermal-conductivity-d_429.html

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/tables/thrcn.html

http://www.peacesoftware.de/einigewerte/luft_e.html