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It boggles your mind that the units people were actually using became standardized?
not all cups are the same so why would anyone say "this is now the exact amount of a cup"?
The amount measured by a typical tea or coffee cup is approximately 1/2 US Pint, so when it comes time to codify it that's a reasonable place to put it.
Anything else you wish to artificially complicate?