Here’s another possible explanation: many early cartoon characters were animals ... Why then not draw two fingers and a thumb ...

The removal of some or all of the pinky finger is a traditional Yakuza punishment known as yubitsume. These two facts ...

Before becoming a rock legend, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi worked in a sheet metal plant, where he lost the tips of two of his fingers in an accident. (It happened during his last day on ...

One strange quirk about animation is that cartoon characters more often than not only have four fingers. Mickey Mouse, Homer Simpson, SpongeBob SquarePants, Looney Tunes, the Flintstones ...