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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

That’s true. Fahrenheit is just as flawed. It was originally created so 0° was the freezing temperature of brine (an inconsistent solution) and 100° as the average internal human body temperature (actually 98.6°).