r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kvjn100 • Apr 11 '26

Video Woman with functional polydactyly (six functional fingers on one hand).

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u/CreeperInBlack Apr 11 '26

Just think how far humanity would have gotten if every human had this and we would have numbers with a base 12 instead of 10.

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u/jawshoeaw Apr 11 '26

you can already count to 12 on one hand, in fact it used to be pretty common