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minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-25 days agoWell, there is a significance to 100f, it’s the human body temperature. Hotter days = potential danger maybe? Either way, it’s another base 10, not 12! Edit: ignore me, my memory is terrible.
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 days agoI seem to remember they didn’t get it quite right by modern standards. Edit: ok, I remembered wrongly. 96 was as close as they could measure human body temperature. I always thought it was the other way. I’m still not clear on why 100f was chosen.
Well, there is a significance to 100f, it’s the human body temperature. Hotter days = potential danger maybe?Either way, it’s another base 10, not 12!
Edit: ignore me, my memory is terrible.
Human body temperature is 98.6f
I seem to remember they didn’t get it quite right by modern standards.
Edit: ok, I remembered wrongly. 96 was as close as they could measure human body temperature. I always thought it was the other way.
I’m still not clear on why 100f was chosen.