stackyFACTSYour body will gladly sacrifice your extremities just to keep your core organs warm. When temperatures drop, your circulatory system selfishly hoards all the warm blood in your torso, leaving your nose and toes to freeze like forgotten popsicles. Survival of the fittest means freezing your feet.
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