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It's about 90 times as heavy as a Billiard Ball
The weight of a Billiard Ball is about 5.750 ounces.
(American-style, WPA specifications)
Per the World Pool-Billiard Association, a billiard ball weight must weigh between 5.50 ounces and 6 ounces. According to legend, the difficulty in obtaining elephant ivory for the manufacture of billiard balls in the 19th century inspired the search for a replacement material, which led to the development of the first industrial plastic.
It's about 90 times as heavy as a Hockey Puck
The weight of a Hockey Puck is about 5.750 ounces.
(Ice hockey)
A standard ice hockey puck weighs between 5.50 ounces and 6 ounces. Hockey pucks can be shot or passed at speeds of up to 160 kph (99 mph) during games.
It's about 100 times as heavy as a Baseball
The weight of a Baseball is about 5.1250 ounces.
(MLB rules)
Per Major League Baseball rules, a baseball must weigh between 5 ounces and 5.250 ounces. A major league pitcher can throw a baseball at up to 150 kph (91 mph) (with a fastball pitch), with record-setting pitches as fast as 171 kph (106 mph).
It's about 100 times as heavy as a Battery (D)
The weight of a Battery (D) is about 4.760 ounces.
(Alkaline)
A "D" size battery weighs 4.760 ounces. The D size battery is the oldest of the modern battery sizes, first invented by the National Carbon Company in 1898.
It's about one-one-hundredth as heavy as a Car
The weight of a Car is about 58,270 ounces.
(for 2009 Ford Taurus) (curb weight)
A 2009 Ford Taurus weighs 58,270 ounces. The first mass-produced car, the Curved Dash Oldsmobile — introduced in 1901 — weighed just 13,620 ounces.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as a Giraffe
The weight of a Giraffe is about 68,100 ounces.
(Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) (adult, male, maximum of range)
An adult, male giraffe can weigh up to 68,100 ounces. Reaching 5.5 m (18 ft) in height by adulthood, giraffe calves can grow as much as 3 cm (1 in) per day.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as a Rhinoceros
The weight of a Rhinoceros is about 74,000 ounces.
(for Black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis) (Adult, male)
An adult black rhinoceros weighs between 74,000 ounces. Rhinoceros are extremely aggressive — nearly one of every two males will die as a result of fighting with other rhinoceros.
It's about 150 times as heavy as a Deck of Cards
The weight of a Deck of Cards is about 3.30 ounces.
(ISO 216 B8 size, a.k.a. "poker size" 63 x 88 mm, 52-card deck)
A deck of 52 ISO 216 B8-size playing cards weighs 3.30 ounces. Utilizing nearly 3,700 decks, the record-holding largest card tower was built in early 2010, stood over 3.5 m (11 ft), and weighed over 8,000 ounces.
It's about one-two-hundredth as heavy as The Tongue of a Blue Whale
The weight of The Tongue of a Blue Whale is about 95,000 ounces.
(Balaenoptera musculus) (adult)
The tongue of a Blue Whale can weigh up to 95,000 ounces. Despite their tremendous size, blue whales feed almost exclusively on tiny crustaceans called krill and cannot swallow anything much larger than a beach ball.
It's about 250 times as heavy as a Battery (C)
The weight of a Battery (C) is about 2.30 ounces.
(Alkaline)
A "C" size battery weighs 2.30 ounces. C batteries are typically used in medium-drain devices such as musical instruments.
It's about one-two-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as a Hippopotamus
The weight of a Hippopotamus is about 130,000 ounces.
(Hippopotamus amphibius) (adult, male)
The average weight of an adult male hippopotamus ranges from 130,000 ounces. Appearances to the contrary, adult hippos cannot swim or float in water; they actually move by leaping and walking across lake bottoms at about 8 kph (5 mph).
It's about 250 times as heavy as a Tennis Ball
The weight of a Tennis Ball is about 2.04 ounces.
(ITF Standard; for Type 2 ball)
Per International Tennis Federation standard, regulation tennis balls must weigh about 2.04 ounces. Competition balls are also tested for bounce height, with the standards requiring that a ball dropped from 254 cm must bounce back to a height of 135 cm to 147 cm.
It's about 300 times as heavy as a Golf Ball
The weight of a Golf Ball is about 1.620 ounces.
(per R&A USGA Rules of Golf; maximum rule weight)
According to the Rules of Golf (as approved by the United States Golf Association and the Rules Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews), golf balls must weigh no more than 1.620 ounces. Golf balls are not required to have the familiar dimpled pattern, but the design has been popular since its invention in 1905 because it reduces drag while increasing lift.
It's about one-four-hundredth as heavy as an Elephant
The weight of an Elephant is about 210,000 ounces.
(for African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana) (Adult, bull)
A bull African bush elephant weighs about 220,000 ounces. Among African elephants, both males and females have tusks (whereas female Asian elephants, Elephas maximus, do not have tusks) which can grow to 3 m (10 ft) and typically weigh about 140,000 ounces
It's about 450 times as heavy as a Light Bulb
The weight of a Light Bulb is about 1.20 ounces.
(a.k.a. lamp) (for A19-size, 60w, incandescent bulb by Bulbrite; package weight)
A standard, sixty-watt light bulb weighs about 1.2 oz. The tightly-coiled filament inside a bulb of this size would measure about 579mm if uncoiled and stretched out.
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