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The human body can withstand the same temperature in icy water as in icy air.

Why it is true

The human body loses heat much faster in water than in air. Water conducts heat about 25 times better than air, which means a person can develop hypothermia in minutes in water at 10 degrees Celsius.

Source: American Physiological Society

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