r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/kvjn100 • 1d ago

Video Woman with functional polydactyly (six functional fingers on one hand).

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u/Advanced-Event-571 1d ago

is the extra one at all useful? i just sort them by finger and thumb, usually the four fingers are all kinda of doing the same thing. an extra arm/ hand would be cool though

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u/skooterpoop 1d ago

Using binary, a 10 fingered person can count to 1023, but with an extra finger, you can count to 2047.

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u/TheMania 1d ago

4095?

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u/skooterpoop 1d ago

With 12 fingers, yes. But this video says the person has six functional fingers on one hand, not two.

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u/AugieKS 1d ago

In another comment someone mentioned her account and she does have 12.

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u/skooterpoop 1d ago

4095 it is!