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My 6-year old son just told me humans have 9 fingers, not 10 (sh.itjust.works)
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So proud of him!

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I just realised that digits translates to Finger in german. And finger also translates to Finger. But you have 10 of the former and 8 of the latter. Funny.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Digit is Ziffer in German

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

That too yes

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's as if people used their fingers when starting counting things... How weird

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You mean used their digits? There are only 8 fingers. But then there is also the octal system. And together with a friend you could count in hexadecimal... :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Me casually using base-12 (Mesopotamian) for counting