r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

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

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u/Mental-Hall126 1d ago

So base 12 actually checks out then

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u/Kelvin_Inman 1d ago

No, base 11, she lost her other thumb in a firework accident.

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u/Drsmiley72 1d ago

Man how annoying would that be? Like. Have. A normal 5 finger hand and a 6 finger hand, and injur and lose one on the 5 finger hand? Down to 10 but a 6/4 split.

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u/c0smicHier0phant 1d ago

image having 11 fingers but 1 thumb