Today is Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit’s birthday. In 1714 he invented the Thermometer, which tells Everybody how hot it is. Rhinos would say how hot it is outdoors, for where else do Rhinos live?

Rhinos all reside where it is toasty. What is peculiar is that We don’t actually sweat in the usual sense, whatever this picture may imply. We keep cool by careful attention to Conditions, and ingenious use of shade, times of day, and energy conservation.

By the way, Anders Celsius made his thermometer 28 years later. We still don’t understand why he did it, but that is true of so much that goes on…