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10 things only people with Raynaud’s disease will understand.

10 things only people with Raynaud’s disease will understand.

Raynaud's (ray-NOHZ) disease causes some areas of your body — such as your fingers and toes — to feel numb and cold in response to cold temperatures or stress.

Look, everyone’s extremities feel numb when it's freezing out, but this goes above and beyond. If you're living with Raynaud's, then these 10 pictures are going to make you feel so seen.

#10. Just watching people “enjoy” the cold makes you shiver.

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Seriously, what is wrong with people?

#9. You’ve gotten used to looking zombie-fied.

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The discoloration might freak out your friends, though.

#8. Especially when it reaches your toes.

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Like, what’s up with that?

#7. You dream of moving to San Diego.

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Steady, year-round warm temperatures are your friend.

#6 You think that when your fingers turn what it's weird...

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...how about the fun shade of purple they turn when they start to warm up?

#5. Heat sources are like your crack.

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#4. Seriously, gloves are your best friend.

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#3. Your fingers (and toes) don’t just look weird...

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...they hurt like pins and needles, too!

#2. Too much air conditioning feels like death.

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Everyone else thinks air conditioning is the greatest invention ever, but you know the truth.

#1. Holding a cold beer is a huge no-no.

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Koozies are your friends.

This article was originally published by our partners at Did You Know Facts and was written by Trisha Leigh Zeighorn.

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Airbnb host wakes his guest up in the middle of the night so she wouldn't miss the northern lights

Best. Host. Ever.

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Traveler and content creator Pency Lucero was willing to take that gamble. After thorough research, she stumbled upon an Airbnb in Rörbäck, Sweden with an actual picture of the northern lights shining above the cabin in the listing. With that kind of photo evidence, she felt good about her odds.

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Designer reimagining thrift store displays to show secondhand clothing is 'just as stylish'

The makeover received over 5 million views on TikTok.

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Secondhand can be "just as stylish."

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Conjoined twins with fused brains separated; surgeons practiced for months in virtual reality

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Surgeons prepared to separate 3-year-old conjoined twins in Brazil using virtual reality.

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It wasn't terribly long ago that people with a severe injury had to liquor up, bite a stick, have a body part sewn up or sawed off and hope for the best. (Sorry for the visual, but it's true.) The discoveries of antibiotics and anesthesia alone have completely revolutionized human existence, but we've gone well beyond that with what our best surgeons can accomplish.

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Woody Harrelson wrote a hilarious little poem for his viral baby doppelgänger

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Mom Dani Grier Mulvenna shared a photo of her infant daughter Cora side by side with a photo of Woody Harrelson on Twitter, with the caption "Ok but how does our daughter look like Woody Harrelson." The resemblance truly is remarkable, and the tweet quickly racked up hundreds of thousands of likes, shares and replies.

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Unearthed BBC interview features two Victorian-era women discussing being teens in the 1800s

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Two Victorian women discuss being teens in the 1800s.

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