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My 6-year old son just told me humans have 9 fingers, not 10 (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by idefix@sh.itjust.works to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
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So proud of him!

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[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 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.

[–] Deckweiss@lemmy.world 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

[–] SilverCode@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but then Pterodactyls bring that number back down again

[–] anzo@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wings are their hands tho

[–] beeb@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

With 4 fingers tho

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 2 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.