• @[email protected]
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    16 days ago

    It’s more due to the fact that 12 can be divided evenly by 2,3,4,6, and 12. If a single person couldn’t afford a dozen they could split it among other people.

    • ✺roguetrick✺
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      16 days ago

      Division is the key but affordability wasn’t why. Everything agricultural was counted by the dozen, gross, and great gross.