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) - Conspiracies

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)

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– Ask_Dave 7 points 1 year ago +9 / -2

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

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– Graphenium [S] 1 point 1 year ago +4 / -3

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.

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