The Number of the Day: -40

Jason English
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-40 degrees Fahrenheit and -40 degrees Celsius are the same temperature.

Related Fact: In the original Celsius temperature scale, 0 degrees was the boiling point of water, and 100 degrees was the freezing point.

[Sources: Reader J.P. Bonhomme of Timmins, Ontario, and this Fahrenheit-to-Celsius converter. See previous Numbers of the Day here.]

August 1, 2010 - 10:40pm
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