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If humans were born with 6 fingers on each hand we would be using base 12 instead of the decimal system. (lemmy.world)
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[-] Flemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Probably something with sundials. ~6am going up to 12 at noon, then going 1-6pm if night and day are equal (I've never actually seen a sundial and I'm sure people got clever with them as time went on)

I mean a sundial doesn't even track hours so much as daylight before and after noon

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