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Question
How many people do you know whose hair is longer than one meter? Does having long hair run in their family?
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Solution
The answer to the question is based upon one’s own experience and observation.
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1. Without touching your teeth fold your tongue towards the back of your mouth.
2. Roll your tongue by lifting it from the sides.
3. Open all the toes of your feet. Now without moving the others, move the little toe.
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