Why paper cuts hurt so much
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The scraping slice from an errant page of A4 doesn’t break the skin, but it can be extremely painful. Why? Jason G Goldman investigates.
Science finally works out why paper cuts are so terrible
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This Is Why Paper Cuts Hurt So Much, According To Science
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Why do paper cuts hurt so much?
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This Is Why Paper Cuts Hurt So Much
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