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So anybody know what is it about the number twelve that makes it so special?
At school I was taught multiplication ("times") tables up to 12, and there it ended. Maybe because it is/was a commonly occurring number?
[thinks]
12 months in a year, 12 hours on a clock (analogue of course), a dozen eggs ummmm - ah, imperial measurements: 12 inches in a foot, 12 (old) pence in a shilling... Hmm, maybe not that common.
So why not stick with decimal systems? After all, most people have ten fingers and toes.
I must be missing something blindingly obvious.
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