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  2. Nightingale floor - Wikipedia

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    Dry boards naturally creak under pressure, but these floors were built in a way that the flooring nails rub against a jacket or clamp, causing chirping noises. It is unclear if the design was initially intentional. It seems that, at least initially, the effect arose by chance.

  3. Cold hands are common in winter. When are they a sign of a ...

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    Cold hands generally occur when blood flow to the hands is reduced,” Dr. Cory Fisher, a family medicine physician at Cleveland Clinic, tells Yahoo Life. “This happens as a normal reactive ...

  4. Damp (structural) - Wikipedia

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    Condensation comes from water vapour within the building. Common sources may include cooking, bathing, dishwashers, etc. The moisture in the air condenses on cold surfaces, sometimes inside the walls called interstitial condensation. Buildings with poorly insulated walls are very prone to this problem.

  5. Hand warmer - Wikipedia

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    This type of hand warmer can be recharged by immersing the hand-warmer in very hot water until the contents are uniform and then allowing it to cool. The release of heat is triggered by flexing a small metal disk in the hand warmer, which generates nucleation centers that initiate crystallisation.

  6. An expert guide to heated gloves - AOL

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    Cold hands are a fact of life in wintertime for many. My family always told me that hands are where you “lose a lot of heat,” but no one explained the mechanism.

  7. Dysesthesia - Wikipedia

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    These rats showed an increased response to noxious radiant heat, were nocifensive when placed on a cold metal floor, protected their hind paws, and had suppressed appetite. Additionally, the paws of many of these rats were inappropriately warm or cool to the touch, and many of the rats overgrew claws on the affected paws as well.

  8. These Heated Gloves Will Keep Your Hands Warm and Toasty - AOL

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    If your hands get super cold in winter, they are! Check out these electric heated gloves, plus chemically heated and thin options. These Heated Gloves Will Keep Your Hands Warm and Toasty

  9. Frostbite - Wikipedia

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    Pernio or chilblains are inflammation of the skin from exposure to wet, cold (non-freezing) conditions. They can appear as various types of ulcers and blisters. [10] Bullous pemphigoid is a condition that causes itchy blisters over the body that can mimic frostbite. [18] It does not require exposure to cold to develop.