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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/tropicalrainforest on 2023-08-30 22:08:20.

Original Title: TIL that the reason you get chills from a fever isn’t because you’re physically cold. It’s the brain setting your body temp higher to fight the infection and tricking your body into thinking the temperature is wrong so the chills can help increase heat.