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by imp0cat 53 days ago
Nope, it's evaporative cooling (like a swamp cooler) for your body.
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that's only the famous part of the story, though.

here's what i was thinking...presence of protein lysing enzymes in sweat as a protective mechanism.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187439191...

check this out: it's super interesting, even the air is full of genetic material

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01099-2