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My 6-year old son just told me humans have 9 fingers, not 10 (sh.itjust.works)
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So proud of him!

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I mean, not everyone has 10 fingers, so the average is slightly less than 10. Coerce to an integer and you get 9.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

But some people have more than 5 fingers per hand (Polydactyly, afaik the most per hand was 8) so it balances out. /s

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but then Pterodactyls bring that number back down again

[–] anzo 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wings are their hands tho

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

With 4 fingers tho

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

On average, a person contains slightly more than one skeleton.

On average, a person has slightly less than two legs.