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TIL You don't lose more heat from your head than anywhere else on your body. The myth came from a 50's army field manual with some suspect experimental procedures. (www.livescience.com)

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[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think in that study they had a bunch of dudes all dressed up in winter gear but no hats. Then they got all shocked when they saw heat dumping out of their heads. Then they put hats on all of them, and shocker, less heat loss.

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[–] artifice@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

That's absolutely incredible! What a wonder science is!

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