• Zip2@feddit.uk
    12·
    11 days ago

    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.

      • Zip2@feddit.uk
        1·
        11 days ago

        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.