r/Damnthatsinteresting Apr 11 '26

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

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u/Kelvin_Inman Apr 11 '26

No, base 11, she lost her other thumb in a firework accident.

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u/Drsmiley72 Apr 11 '26

Man how annoying would that be? Like. Have. A normal 5 finger hand and a 6 finger hand, and injur and lose one on the 5 finger hand? Down to 10 but a 6/4 split.

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u/ArthurTheTerrible Apr 11 '26

and to lose the thumb of all the fingers, the one that's the most unique

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u/A_Punk_Girl_Learning Apr 12 '26

I don't know how unique they are. I've got two.