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US-centric? Half of these don't apply here now
12 divides evenly by more integers than 10. Metric would be better in base 12.
Well, yeah. That's where I live. Maybe it's not common where you live, but I think in most countries in the world humans still have 12 pairs of ribs, 24 hours in a day, 360° on a compass, 12 face cards in a deck of cards, and so on. Do you have more than 12 signs on your zodiac (for whatever that superstition is worth).
I'll grant that a bouquet of roses might mean other than "a dozen" in other countries, and you might not even have doughnuts or cola where you live. How many beers come in a carry-able pack, where you live? Not 6? Do you not have muffin tins in your country? Toilet paper - you buy it by individual rolls, maybe?
Well, you'll just have you learn to adapt, because the world is dozenal, now. Everything comes in multiples of 12: a half-dozen, a dozen, a small gross, or a gross.
Are....Are you doing math with cards? Or zodiac signs? Or human ribs?
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A to 10 + JQK = 13
Face cards are cards with faces on them: J, Q, K: 3. Times 4 suits is 12. None of A-10 are face cards.