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    1 day ago

    To me, “boiled” simply implies that the water has been at 100°C (or appropriate altitude-adjusted value) for some interval in the past. It implies nothing regarding how far in the past this occurred or, for that matter, its current temperature. The water could have any arbitrary temperature now, including 100°C.