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Touching hot objects is painful due to the high-velocity impacts of many, many atoms. Touching extremely...

Touching hot objects is painful due to the high-velocity impacts of many, many atoms. Touching extremely cold objects can sometimes be painful as well. If the atoms/molecules in a cold object are moving very slowly, what causes the painful sensation?

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