My friend Amanda told me a couple weeks ago that the human body doesn’t actually have receptors to feel “wet.” I wasn’t sure I believed her so I looked it up, and sure enough, what we call “wet” is a combination of sensations, but mainly the temperature difference that we experience as cold. It's why if something is warm in the dryer, we can’t tell if i…
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