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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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...

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