Fahrenheit He then re-calibrated his scale using the melting point of ice and normal human body temperature (which were at 30 and 90 degrees); he adjusted the scale so that the melting point of ice would be 32 degrees and body temperature 96 degrees, so that 64 intervals would separate the two, allowing him to mark degree lines on his instruments by simply bisecting the interval six times (since 64 is 2 to the sixth power). Fahrenheit observed that water boils at about 212 degrees using this scale. The use of the freezing and boiling points of water as thermometer fixed
36 Degrees strings". 36 Degrees "36 Degrees" is a song by British alternative rock band Placebo, released as the third single from their eponymous debut album. It reached number 80 in the UK Singles Chart. There are various suggestions as to the meaning of the song, such as it relates to sexual preferences or it is to do with dying. Some state "36 Degrees" refers to the average human body temperature being generally accepted as , and that the narrator is dying, or losing the will to live after being dumped by a partner. Singer Brian Molko is stated to have said