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Has there been a horror movie scene where the killer jams an electronic meat thermometer into somebody and the camera zooms in on the readout and it's 98.6? Because I think this would be a natural. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

That would be silly. The only reason that the average body temperature is said to be 98.6°F is because that is what 37°C converts to. Notice how that is a nice round number? It's actually about 97.9°F or 36.6°C.

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