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RajT88yesterday at 9:58 PM1 replyview on HN

32°F and 212°F roll off the tongue?


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jandrewrogersyesterday at 10:31 PM

Relatively speaking? Yes. Also, the layman rarely needs to know the boiling point of water. The freezing point is useful though.

For serious scientific and engineering applications the freezing and boiling point of water isn't actually 0°C and 100°C in most real scenarios.

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