idefixMy 6-year old son just told me humans have 9 fingers, not 10
Eight fingers and two thumbs for ten digits.
I just realised that digits translates to Finger in german. And finger also translates to Finger. But you have 10 of the former and 8 of the latter. Funny.
BeatTakeshiIt’s as if people used their fingers when starting counting things… How weird
Gutek8134Me casually using base-12 (Mesopotamian) for counting
agent_flounderPolydactyl? Or how did they manage that?
You mean used their digits? There are only 8 fingers. But there is also the octal system… :)
Digit is Ziffer in German
schnurritoThat too yes