The more you immerse yourself in cold water, the more your body will adapt to the extreme temperature change, according to Tipton, who started off 2013 by donning Bermuda shorts and participating in a polar bear plunge in his hometown of Gosport, England.

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In his Bermuda shorts, orange shirt, and cravat, Jackson Irungu is getting a manicure.

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Mr Falwell, like many popular conservative preachers, has set up a university, where students only recently won the right to wear Bermuda shorts, and are still not allowed to watch unwholesome movies.

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