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What scale though?
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this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2023
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Everyone forgets about the most important and sane scale ever created, the Réaumur scale.
As it should be:
Edit: for the love of god, it's a meme community. Of course it's not better. I hoped that we don't have to use the terrible /s bullshit here. ohmygod people, think for a second.
Why is 80 better than 100?
Edit: OK so it was originally using thermometers with alcohol that would boil at 80 but when thermometer makers switched to other liquids they kept the boiling point the same but for water instead...
It's usually defined at sea level