[hengheng]

> American units usually focus on divisibility and factoring of integers

The other day, right next to the problematic awg definition, I discovered the kcmil. Which is a kilo pi/4 Micro square inch.

[chias]

Have you heard of the "cubic ton"? I am not kidding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_ton

[einhverfr]

"Hundred" used to mean different things for different commodities.

four score for some things, six score for others, or for onions, a hundred was 15^2

[chias]

That is beautiful.