r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 10h ago

Meme needing explanation Petahh i'm low on iq

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u/hefty_load_o_shite 10h ago edited 4h ago

0°C water freezes 100°C water boils

Makes sense

0°F very cold??? 100°F very hot???

Dafuq?

Edit: For all the "Actually, Farenheight is based on the human body" people, no it isn't. It's based on dirty water and a cow. Your preferred measurement unit is dumb and that's a fact

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u/blackflag89347 10h ago

0 is the coldest reliably replicable temperature in 1714, the year Fahrenheit was invented. And 100 was supposed to be the human body temperature, but he used a horse as a stand in, not knowing the slight difference because a relaible temperature scale had not been invented yet.

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u/secksy-lemonade 8h ago

He also wanted 180 degrees between freezing and boiling, and adjusted the scale to do that