Celsius, also known as Centigrade in some settings, is used in the majority of the world for temperature measurement. Created by Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer in the mid-1700s, the freezing point of water is denoted as 0 degrees C while the boiling point of water is 100 degrees C. More @Wikipedia
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