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We will all be Willie when the temperature outside is 46.5°.

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It was that hot a few weeks ago

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Wikipedia link unrelated?

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It mentions it in the giant table. The citation takes you to a page where they mention it in passing

Normal body temperature can vary up to 2°F in a 24 hour period. According to the Guinness Book of World Records (New York: Bantam books, 2000, p. 263), the person with the highest body temperature who lived to tell about it is Willie Jones. On July 10, 1980, Mr. Jones was admitted to the hospital with heatstroke. His temperature was 115.7°F (46.5°C). After 24 days in the hospital, he was discharged. Body temperatures of 109°F can be fatal.  (Statistic from Prevention’s Giant Book of Health Facts, 1991.)

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That dude was so fucking hot.

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WTF is that thermometer image supposed to show?

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Temperature of the body

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You are right, of course.

But I didn’t even notice the red gauge you are referring to because I was way too distracted by the temperature range and especially unit of measurement on the right… milli Electron Volts per Kelvin… yeah, ok…

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Left is in common sense units, right is in intelligence units. There is no “freedom” (to be ignorant) units though no.

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Brother must have really needed more cowbell

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