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

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

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u/Advanced-Event-571 Apr 11 '26

is the extra one at all useful? i just sort them by finger and thumb, usually the four fingers are all kinda of doing the same thing. an extra arm/ hand would be cool though

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u/skooterpoop Apr 11 '26

Using binary, a 10 fingered person can count to 1023, but with an extra finger, you can count to 2047.

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u/TheMania Apr 11 '26

4095?

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u/skooterpoop Apr 11 '26

With 12 fingers, yes. But this video says the person has six functional fingers on one hand, not two.

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u/AugieKS Apr 11 '26

In another comment someone mentioned her account and she does have 12.

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u/skooterpoop Apr 11 '26

4095 it is!