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Re:Pseudoprose by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @09:38PM (#38285313)
Funny thing about the fingers. There are twelve knuckles comprising the non-thumb fingers on one hand. I think that fact has actually influenced some civilizations to a base 12 number system but I can’t remember specifically which.
Re:Pseudoprose by bdsa on Thursday November 16, 2023 @05:08AM (#38287696)
Wikipedia is also very vague (and I don't have access to the references) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal#Origin