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Naw, we should have used 420 to ensure we can also cleanly divide by 7.
Maybe even 1260 so we can fit a division by 9 in there (420 already has 3 as a prime factor, so only need to go 420 x 3 to get a clean division by 9). I suggest ending there since we could divide by everything up to our number of fingers.
Number of fingers? Pump this numbers up. I can count to 156 using my hands and a modified Babylonian system
Using binary you can count to 31 on one hand and 1023 on two.
And if you don't mind getting carpal tunnel syndrome you can use ternary to count to 242 on one hand and 59048 on two, but you'll probably get cramps.