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rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

My favourite is that the average amount of legs is less than 2. So most people have an above average amount of legs.

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cynar@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Depending on the country, I’d now question this. Does the number of leg amputees (dual counts double) outnumber the number of pregnant women at a given time? Legs form fairly early. Therefore, for about 6 months or so, most pregnant women have 4 legs.

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- rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I don’t think anyone ever counts it like that.
  
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  - cynar@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Consider the whole conversation it predated on the pedantic difference between mean median and modal averages…
    
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Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
And eyes.

And lungs, and … :-/

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