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Why would I know that the freezing point of water is 32°F? Pretty much nothing in this country is measured in Fahrenheit. I've definitely seen the comparison
by andrewaylett 4y ago
Why would I know that the freezing point of water is 32°F? Pretty much nothing in this country is measured in Fahrenheit.
I've definitely seen the comparison made, on random US articles which almost invariably show °C as well as °F, but I'm not sure that if someone asked me if I would recall the answer.
- loeg 4y agoIf you're even aware that Fahrenheit exists, this might be a thing you know. For example, my country mostly uses Fahrenheit but I know that freezing in Celsius is zero, because I attended school as a child.
- andrewaylett 4y agoNope, fairly sure it was never mentioned in school. But in any case, that's a while ago now and I don't think I've ever had a need to use Fahrenheit except for reading US articles where they almost invariably also put Celsius. I know that 100°F is something close to 37°C, and I'll probably not forget 32°F for a while now. But it's fairly useless trivia as far as every day life goes.
- jascination 4y agoYeah ignore that guy, I'm from Australia and we never learnt squat about Fahrenheit in school. The only things I know are from trying to google conversions when they're mentioned in movies.
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