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Is 5 kilograms as heavy as a Paper Clip?

It's about 3,500 times as heavy as a Paper Clip
The weight of a Paper Clip is about 0.0014 kilograms.
(average)
Notwithstanding the tremendous variation in sizes and materials, a typical paperclip weighs about 0.0014 kilograms. The country of Norway has used the paper clip as something of a national symbol since the end of World War II based on the erroneous notion that the paperclip was invented by a Norwegian, Johan Vaaler. However, the paperclip had already been in existence for at least 30 years by the time of Vaaler patented his paperclip design.
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