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Is 503 tolas (तोला) as heavy as a Billiard Ball?

It's about forty times as heavy as a Billiard Ball
The weight of a Billiard Ball is about 13.9756944444440 tolas (तोला).
(American-style, WPA specifications)
Per the World Pool-Billiard Association, a billiard ball weight must weigh between 13.3680555555560 tolas (तोला) and 14.5833333333330 tolas (तोला). 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.
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