What is the largest number you can count to on your fingers? Well, most people stop counting on their fingers when they hit ten, mainly because they’ve run out of fingers. But not everyone uses the rather limited system of raising their fingers to count on and not putting them back down. If you do allow fingers to go back down, then you can count to 3 using only your first two fingers. Lift your first finger for 1, your second finger for 2 and both for 3. Now your third finger is available to be raised up, alone, for 4; then your third and first fingers for 5, and so on. You can get all the
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