# Why are we 98.6°F?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-98-6-f/926938>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 1, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-98-6-f/926938 "2020-12-01T17:46:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-98-6-f/926938/81 "2020-12-29T16:17:42Z")

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Nope. The three angles thus produced would not be equal.

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**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-98-6-f/926938/82 "2020-12-29T16:44:39Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> Try that out and report back.

> [@lissener](#):
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> Nope. The three angles thus produced would not be equal.

Yes - I realized my mistake and stand corrected:

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