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Of course, the divisibility by 12 only applies to lengths. For weights (at the kg level), you have pounds and ounces with 16 ounces to the pound. Only divisible by 2, 4 and 8.
For liquid measures it's the same in the US (16 fl.oz. to the pint) but different in the UK (20 fl.oz. to the pint.)
(Luckily the difference between the US fl.oz. and the imperial fl.oz. is negligible for domestic use)
The hundredweight is fun: 112 pounds, or 8 stone. (14 pounds to the stone, of course. Great for divisibility by 7. I don't know why the US doesn't use it.)
16 ounces to the pound
14 pounds to the stone
20 stone to the hundredweight
8 stone to the ton.
More divisibility than one can shake a rod at.
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