- Why it hurts when someone pulls his hair but not when he goes for a haircut?
- Why a cotton garment cannot keep us as warm in winter as a woollen sweater can?
Answer:
- Hair is made up of proteins, which are dead cells. They are attached to the scalp with living cells, from where they grow. So, while getting a haircut a person does not feel pain because dead cells are being cut, but when it is pulled from scalp the living cells are also being pulled along.
- Woollen sweater traps air in between whereas cotton allows the air to pass through it. Air being a bad conductor of heat does not let body heat to escape beyond the sweater. Therefore, it is much warmer.