30 Why did so many of our oldest counting systems use base-12? Because the gods these cultures worshipped had 6 fingers, and they were the source of the knowledge of numeracy (according to Enoch and other sources) (media.scored.co) posted 1 year ago by Graphenium 1 year ago by Graphenium +31 / -1 46 comments share 46 comments share save hide report block hide replies
12 months, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles, 12 greek gods, 12 sons of Odin, 12 finger bones in hand, 12 hours of daylight, 12 in a dozen, 12 jurors, 12 monkeys, 12 complementary colors
12 dimensions
Maybe 666 started out to reference the hand with six fingers.
Ounce and inch likewise derive from base-12 numeracy, in terms of examples of this system persisting.
It really seems to have touched every continent in the time before recorded history.
Dirty dozen
12 neurons ?