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- From: harris@drvax3.msfc.nasa.gov (Mitch Harris)
- Subject: 6 fingers/toes
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- Date: 27 Jul 92 04:56:07 GMT
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- The condition is called polydactyly, it's fairly common, & the ability
- to use the extra digits would depend on how much digit was present & how
- much the person tried to use it.
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- In TSOTL (book), Hannibal Lecter had 6 digits on one hand. :)
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- (Posted for Beverly H.)
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