• chtk@feddit.nl
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    You can count to 12 on one hand if you point your thumb to the bones on your other four fingers.

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      24 if you first do it with the knuckle of your thumb and switch to the tip after you’ve done every finger bone

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        Twice as many if you do it twice

        Brother I can count to 100 on one hand if I keep switching the counting apparatus, but the point is that there are 12 distinct sections on the fingers.

        Bonus points: this is part of the reason there was once a debate about swapping to base 12 instead of 10