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Mystery #3Tier 1-2friction / heat

Why does rubbing your hands together warm them up?

On a cold day you rub your hands together and they get warmer, with no fire, no heater, nothing hot touching them. Where does that warmth suddenly come from?

A person spinning a wooden stick between their hands against a board to make heat by friction and start a fire, the way people did long ago.
Photo: Virginia State Parks staff · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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