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Correction for the weight of a Jelly Bean

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How heavy is 156,000 kilograms?
It's about 150,000,000 times as heavy as a Jelly Bean
The weight of a Jelly Bean is about 0.0011 kilograms.
(for Jelly Belly beans; approximate)
Made of sugar, corn syrup, and pectin, a single jelly bean weighs about 0.0011 kilograms. President Ronald Reagan cited jelly beans as his favorite candy and 3,200 kilograms of the candies were served at his first inauguration in 1981.
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