my fever broke

did you know that the average body temperature isn’t really 98.6?

according to the book 200% of Nothing: An Eye Opening Tour Through the Twists and Turns of Math Abuse and Innumeracy by AK Dewdney, the original German study that found what was ‘normal’ rounded to the even degree of 37 degrees Celsius. More recent studies have shown that only about 8% of people really do rest at that temperature (tested orally) and the average is more typically 36.4 to 37.1 Celcius (or 97.6 to 98.8 fahrenheit).

after a long, long sleep thanks to some night time anti-cough medicine, i woke to find my temperature returned to it’s normal but slightly more chilly 97.2 degrees fahrenheit (36.2 C).

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