Stuff happens, just don't let it happen to your photos, music, and documents. Protect your important files with Mosey by e MC, the most trusted name and cloud backup. Save ten percent today with promo code brain Stuff at mosey dot com. That's m o z Y dot com. Welcome to brain Stuff from how stuff works dot com where smart happens. Hi Am Marshall Brain with today's question, what is the ideal temperature for a refrigerator? The purpose of a refrigerator
is to slow down the growth of bacteria. The purpose of a freezer is to stop bacteria completely by freezing them as solid. We would freeze everything if we could, but some foods change dramatically when you freeze them. Let Us and strawberries are two good examples of foods that don't freeze well. It would also be inconvenient to thaw liquids every time you wanted to drink something. Therefore, you want your refrigerator to be cold, but not so cold
that it freezes things. The preferred temper sure is somewhere between thirty five and thirty eight degrees fahrenheit. Anything higher and foods will spoil too quickly. Higher temperatures can also create food poisoning problems because warm foods won't cool quickly enough when you put them in the refrigerator. Anything lower and freezing becomes a big problem. Do you have any ideas or suggestions for this podcast? If so, please send me an email at podcast at how stuff works dot com.
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