• chtk
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    185 months ago

    You can count to 12 on one hand if you point your thumb to the bones on your other four fingers.

    • @[email protected]
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      5 months ago

      You can count up to 242 on one hand if you are good enough and know base 3

      1023 if you can count in base 4

    • MrScottyTay
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      5 months ago

      24 if you first do it with the knuckle of your thumb and switch to the tip after you’ve done every finger bone

      • @[email protected]
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        55 months ago

        Twice as many if you do it twice

        Brother I can count to 100 on one hand if I keep switching the counting apparatus, but the point is that there are 12 distinct sections on the fingers.

        Bonus points: this is part of the reason there was once a debate about swapping to base 12 instead of 10

        • ℓostme
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          55 months ago

          Arbitrarily high if you write the number on your palm