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minus-squareDagwood222linkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month ago50 degrees in September? Fur hat, gloves, scarf, and the heavy boots. 50 degrees in March? Let’s go to the beach!
minus-squareJackGreenEarthlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month ago50 degrees in the UK? Boil to death in temperatures higher than the human body, higher even than in Death Valley.
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoIt’s thanks to brown fat, which your body burns to keep you warm. You make more of it with cold exposure. So you have more of it after the winter than after the summer.
50 degrees in September? Fur hat, gloves, scarf, and the heavy boots.
50 degrees in March? Let’s go to the beach!
50 degrees in the UK? Boil to death in temperatures higher than the human body, higher even than in Death Valley.
It’s thanks to brown fat, which your body burns to keep you warm. You make more of it with cold exposure. So you have more of it after the winter than after the summer.