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Why does a charged body lose its charge if it is touched with hands?

  1. Charges pass from the charged bodies through human body into the earth.

  2. Hands acquire opposite charge when we touch the charged body. It discharges the opposite charge by making the charged body neutral.

  3. Charges dissipiate into the atmosphere through the hair on our body.

  4. Our clothes get charged due to the charged body, and that is what we can feel when we change clothes.
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Explanation

Charges pass from the charged bodies through human body into the earth.

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