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Impossibly thin fabric could cool you down by 16-plus degrees (www.fastcompany.com)
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[โ€“] Drusas@kbin.run 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

People do use decimals in Fahrenheit, mostly when talking about body temperature.

And 98 is not what's considered normal, though it is within the normal range. Closer to 98.6 is normal.

[โ€“] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

That's actually what I'm talking about. The average body temperature:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-human-body-temperatures-cooling-down/