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    1 year ago

    Why most sane?

    The Réaumur scale (French pronunciation: ​[ʁeomy(ː)ʁ]; °Ré, °Re, °r), also known as the “octogesimal division”,[1] is a temperature scale for which the melting and boiling points of water are defined as 0 and 80 degrees respectively.

    80 degrees is not the boiling temperature of water everywhere due to pressure differences. This means it doesn’t have it’s “superior” meaning everywhere.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t live at sea level. Why is it superior at my location? 😊 I’m not convinced

        Edit: appearantly it was a joke