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roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Cultures that used base 12 counted on their knuckles with their thumb. 12 for each hand. Many common folk did that since you could count much higher if you counted by the dozen using both hands. Go from counting to 10 to finger counting to 12 dozen.

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