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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is it that when I chew minty gum, I cannot chug cold water after without my mouth getting ridiculously cold?
gpt
Mint tricks your nerves into feeling cold when it's mixed with water (that's why holding mint gum doesn't male your fingers cold). Drinking a lot of water activates the mint excessively. Cold water makes it worse because its cold on cold.