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Human body posts from the fact desk

Bones, cells and the numbers inside you: the human body facts in the library, read against the medical sources.

Is human body temperature really falling?
Mostly true. A 2020 Stanford study found that body temperature in the United States has fallen by about 0.03 °C per decade since the 1860s. The 37 °C standard dates from an 1868 book. Whether the whole world has cooled is not yet shown.
Fact check · 4 min read · 29 October 2026

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