Electric shocks to the muscles of the face cause painful, hilarious contortions
Posted 03.02.2009 at 3:25 pm
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Daito Manabe sticks electrodes on his face and films the results. Last month we found out why -- now here's a look at how it works.
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from cairo, N.Y.
This Clip is hilarious and honestly a graet way to express science
Try this at home kids!