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[-] Geobloke@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

So ancient Mesopotamians used to count on their hands slightly different. They wouldn't count their thumbs, instead they would count each knuckle with their thumb so, 3 knuckles per finger and 4 fingers each hand

[-] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 4 points 7 months ago

You can do this too - you have the same hands :)

[-] Geobloke@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

cries in Habsburg

[-] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

Don't worry, you can count to higher numbers in sets of 15, with your heroic lordly number of fingers, rather than sets of 12, like I have with my ghastly peasant fingers.

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