Unless you have sequestered yourself far away from the internet, you've likely heard the app TikTok is a big deal.
If you're a parent, you've likely seen your kids attempt to record the renegade dance or other cute clips in hopes of going viral. Even USA TODAY is using TikTok.
But as with Vine, Instagram, YouTube and all its social media brethren, the quest for viral fame on TikTok can go too far.
For example, a "soy sauce challenge" spreading on the platform features men dipping their testicles in soy sauce believing they can taste it in their mouths.
"Dear lord, why," you may ask? According to the website Know Your Meme, a TikTok user named @cryinginthecar wanted to verify a 2013 report from The Daily Mail claiming testicles have taste buds.
As several videos on TikTok suggest, some of the men participating are convinced they taste the soy sauce in their mouths after dipping their testicles. However, food and nutrition scientist Emma Beckett from The University of Newcastle in Australia tells ScienceAlert while testicles have taste receptors, that's not how they work.
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"Taste buds are in our mouths and upper oesophagus only, and are a group of taste receptor cells," Beckett tells ScienceAlert. "The signals from the taste buds are sent from the mouth to the brain so that we can consciously perceive tastes."
But that doesn't mean testes can taste. In fact, scientists are still trying to determine the role of those receptors and are focusing on their possible role in "sperm maturation" and reproduction.
Another food-inspired trend making the rounds on TikTok: a challenge where someone tries to eat cereal with milk out of another person's mouth. Know Your Meme says the challenge originally started on YouTube before emerging on TikTok as the #CerealChallenge this month.
Meanwhile, CNN reports authorities in Massachusetts are warning about a separate challenge on TikTok involving electrical outlets.
According to a Facebook post from the Holden Fire Department in Holden, Massachusetts, the challenge involves using the plug part of a wall charger and a penny on an electrical outlet. "The result is sparks, electrical system damage, and in some cases fire," reads the post.
CNN reports two 15-year-olds face charges of attempted arson after firefighters found scorched outlets at a high school believed to be caused by an attempt to perform the challenge.
Since it needs to be said: Folks, don't try this at home.
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