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		scotty79 on June 30, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Eight low-tech ways to keep cool in a heatwave (20... I can't find the original article but there's something about brain cooling by the veins of the face: https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/31566/how-does-t... Also there is some theoretical danger associated with the setup of how blood is supplied to the brain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_triangle_of_the_face

barking on June 30, 2018 [–]

I'd never heard of this before. I had read that it is possible for infection from the face and upper jaw to track to the the brain, so maybe there is some venous return from the face via the brain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_triangle_of_the_face

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