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How heavy is 100 tons?

It's about 4,500,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Rice
The weight of a Grain of Rice is about 0.0000000230 tons.
(conventional; US; long-, medium-, and short-gran varieties; uncooked)
With great differences in variety, the average among a sampling of common short-, medium- and long-grain rices finds that a single grain weighs about 0.0000000230 tons before cooking. A staple through most of human history, archaeological evidence indicates that the earliest rice cultivation was about 11,500 years ago.
It's about 20,000,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Sand
The weight of a Grain of Sand is about 0.00000000490 tons.
(medium grain)
With tremendous variety in the size of grain and the component material, grains of sand weigh an average of 0.00000000490 tons. In 2007, a team of seven in Myrtle Beach created the world's tallest sandcastle, which measured 15.10 m (49.55 ft) in height.
It's about 25,000,000,000 times as heavy as a Sesame Seed
The weight of a Sesame Seed is about 0.000000004010 tons.
(Sesamum indicum)
A sesame seed weighs approximately 0.000000004010 tons. The McDonald's Big Mac sandwich, which is well-known for its sesame seed top bun, accounts for the consumption of an estimated 2.210 tons of sesame seeds each day.
It's about 150,000,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Sugar
The weight of a Grain of Sugar is about 0.0000000006890 tons.
(a.k.a. white sugar, a.k.a. white refined sugar, a.k.a. table sugar, a.k.a. sucrose, a.k.a. saccharose)
A grain of sugar weighs approximately 0.0000000006890 tons. Sugar consumption varies widely by country; the average citizen of the United States consumes about 0.0675 tons of sugar each year.
It's about 300,000,000,000 times as heavy as a Poppy Seed
The weight of a Poppy Seed is about 0.000000000330 tons.
(Papaver somniferum)
Fifty percent oil by weight, a poppy seed weighs approximately 0.000000000330 tons. The true pigment of a poppy seed is brown in color, while the characteristic bluish color is an optical illusion caused by a layer of calcium oxalate crystals refracting light rays.
It's about 1,500,000,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Salt
The weight of a Grain of Salt is about 0.00000000006450 tons.
The mass of a grain of salt is approximately 0.00000000006450 tons. Salt consumption varies widely by country; the people of the United States consume a combined total of about 62,800 tons of salt each year.
It's about 0.00000000000000000000000005 times as heavy as The Sun
The weight of The Sun is about 2,200,000,000,000,000,139,183,783,936.000000000000000000000000000000 tons.
The sun has a mass of 2,199,999,999,999,999,705,976,202,592,256.000000000000000000000000000000000 tons which represents 99.9% of the solar system's total mass. 98.7% of the sun's mass consists of hydrogen and helium — respectively the lightest and second-lightest elements in the universe.
It's about 0.00000000000000000002 times as heavy as The Earth
The weight of The Earth is about 6,584,800,000,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000000000000 tons.
The mass of the planet Earth is 6,584,800,000,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000000000000 tons. The element iron makes up about 32% of that mass, or 2,113,699,999,999,999,868,928.000000000000000000000000000 tons.
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