Facelikeapotato@lemmy.ml to shitposting@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoWhat's the time, Mr Wolf?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1663arrow-down134
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minus-squareSharkwellington@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months ago A more entertaining possibility suggests 12 stemmed from the number of joints on the four (non-thumb) fingers of one hand. Well now I’m conscious of all the joints in my non-thumb fingers.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoYou can easily count to 12 with just one hand, and you can count to 60 with both hands, in the babylonian style, by using the finger segments.
Well now I’m conscious of all the joints in my non-thumb fingers.
You can easily count to 12 with just one hand, and you can count to 60 with both hands, in the babylonian style, by using the finger segments.