An Animated History of the Fahrenheit Scale and What 0°F Means and Why Water Freezes at 32°F

Veritasium shared the history of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit and the Fahrenheit temperature scale in a video animated by Marcello Ascani. The video explains some specific numbers on the scale like what 0F means and why water freezes at 32F.

The crazy story of the arbitrary temperature scale used in a tiny minority of countries.

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