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i guess it's just one of those cool science observations water freezes (and technically melts) at 0 and boils at 100 (at sea level). it fits the base 10 and we just think it's neat.
i mean probs we should be using degrees Kelvin if we want to be less arbitrary. I'm down for the switch.