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How heavy is 6,000 fluid drams (ʒ)?

It's about 0.00000007 times as heavy as The Empire State Building
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The weight of The Empire State Building is about 85,100,000,000 fluid drams (ʒ).
(New York City, New York)
The Empire State Building weighs approximately 85,100,000,000 fluid drams (ʒ). About 4% of the building's weight is its 6,000 cu. m (200,000 cu. ft) of limestone façade.
It's about 0.00000003 times as heavy as The Golden Gate Bridge
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The weight of The Golden Gate Bridge is about 207,000,000,000 fluid drams (ʒ).
(San Francisco, California and Marin County, California) (Post 1986 weight reduction; total weight of bridge, anchorage, and approaches)
Following the completion of the 1986 project to eliminate excess material, the total weight of the Golden Gate Bridge — including its anchorages and approaches — is 207,000,000,000 fluid drams (ʒ). The two main cables in the spanning the bridge are spun out of a total of 129,000 km (80,200 mi) of wire.
It's about 35,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Sugar
The weight of a Grain of Sugar is about 0.000161 fluid drams (ʒ).
(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 0.000161 fluid drams (ʒ). Sugar consumption varies widely by country; the average citizen of the United States consumes about 15,700 fluid drams (ʒ) of sugar each year.
It's about 80,000,000 times as heavy as a Poppy Seed
The weight of a Poppy Seed is about 0.0000770 fluid drams (ʒ).
(Papaver somniferum)
Fifty percent oil by weight, a poppy seed weighs approximately 0.0000770 fluid drams (ʒ). 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 0.000000004 times as heavy as The Great Pyramid of Giza
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The weight of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 1,500,000,000,000 fluid drams (ʒ).
(a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, a.k.a. Pyramid of Cheops) (Cairo, Egypt)
The Great Pyramid of Giza has an estimated mass of 1,500,000,000,000 fluid drams (ʒ). The 2,300,000 stones used in the construction of the pyramid weighed an average 580,000 fluid drams (ʒ) and were quarried from distances of up to 805 km (500 mi) away.
It's about 400,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Salt
The weight of a Grain of Salt is about 0.0000150 fluid drams (ʒ).
The mass of a grain of salt is approximately 0.0000150 fluid drams (ʒ). Salt consumption varies widely by country; the people of the United States consume a combined total of about 14,700,000,000 fluid drams (ʒ) of salt each year.
It's about 0.00000000000000000000000000001 times as heavy as The Sun
The weight of The Sun is about 510,000,000,000,000,003,948,709,180,080,128.00000000000000000000000000000000000 fluid drams (ʒ).
The sun has a mass of 509,999,999,999,999,943,420,330,188,220,661,760.00000000000000000000000000000000000000 fluid drams (ʒ) 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 0.000000000000000000000004 times as heavy as The Earth
The weight of The Earth is about 1,536,399,999,999,999,785,889,169,408.000000000000000000000000000000000 fluid drams (ʒ).
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