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. - eviltoast
Do We Really Lose Half our Body Heat From our Heads?
www.livescience.com
Despite the myth that people lose up to half their body heat through their heads, we actually lose far less than that.
  • Jamixthedestroyer@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    The article also mentions another experiment done about 20 years ago with swimmers and the same body heat measurements, with results showing that heat loss was correlated with area exposed. It’s a poppish article but the background behind the myth was the big TIL for me