8 Amazing Big Toe Facts
1. It’s called the “Hallux” in Latin and in Wikipedianese.
2. In birds, it’s the talon that sticks out the back to help eat mice and other assorted rodents.
3. It’s an awesome dance group in Vietnam.
4. All sorts of crazy Latin stuff can happen to it, from bone fusion to hallux rigidus to hallux valgus (pictures!).
5. It’s “the story of Kazumi Mano, a naïve twenty-two-year-old who wakes up one afternoon to discover that her big toe has turned into a penis.”
6. It has only two bones, while all the other toes have three.
7. Karate masters (not to mention Chuck Norris) can break 2×2’s with their big toes.
8. And if you can pull off the Padangusthasana, you’ll be doing the Big Toe Pose.
(Photo: JenniPenni)
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