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Holding hands can make the cold feel warmer

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Clasping palms with a trusted friend is basically a biological space heater. The extremely simple act of skin-to-skin contact radically alters thermoregulation perception, making a totally freezing winter climate feel vastly more tolerable in an instant.

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