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How heavy is 100,000 grains?

It's about as heavy as a Gallon of Paint
The weight of a Gallon of Paint is about 80,000 grains.
(excluding container; average weight)
A gallon of paint weighs about 80,000 grains. Every day, 10,000,000 L (3,000,000 gal) of paint are applied in the United States.
It's about as heavy as a Cat
The weight of a Cat is about 70,000 grains.
(Felis catus) (Domestic; healthy weight)
The average domestic cat should weigh about 70,000 grains. Cats are known for their righting reflex, which allows them to land on their feet and survive falls from heights of 1 m up to about 21 m.
It's about as heavy as a Bowling Ball
The weight of a Bowling Ball is about 105,000 grains.
(most common selection among male bowlers)
With an allowable range of 77,000 grains, the most-preferred bowling ball weight among adult, male bowlers is 105,000 grains. Because regulation balls measure the same diameter irrespective of their weight, ball density varies by size and balls weighing less than about 77,161.79180 grains will float in water.
It's about seven-tenths as heavy as a Dachshund
The weight of a Dachshund is about 100,000 grains.
(a.k.a. "Wiener dog", a.k.a. Teckel, a.k.a. Dackel, a.k.a. "hot dog dog", a.k.a. "sausage dog", a.k.a. "doxie") (FCI standard; standard size)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for dachshunds to weigh about 100,000 grains. Despite of their small size, a 2008 survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania named dachshunds as the most aggressive dog breed.
It's about half as heavy as a Gold Bar
The weight of a Gold Bar is about 192,000 grains.
(London Good Delivery bar)
A "London Good Delivery" gold bar — the variety commonly held by Central Banks — should weigh 192,000 grains. The largest gold bar ever produced was minted by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (a sibling company of the auto manufacturer) in 2005 and weighed 3,858,089.5880 grains.
It's about two times as heavy as a Brick
The weight of a Brick is about 45,000 grains.
(Standard, traditional face brick - 1,900 cu. cm (120 cu. in))
A standard, traditional face brick weighs an average of 45,000 grains. The steeple of the Church of St. Martin in Landshut, Germany is said to be the tallest brick tower in the world at a height of 130.6 m (428.5 ft) and was constructed using an estimated 650,000 bricks.
It's about three times as heavy as a Chihuahua
The weight of a Chihuahua is about 34,700 grains.
(a.k.a. Chihuahue(o) (FCI standard)
The F&d&ration Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for Chihuahuas to weigh about 34,700 grains. Relative to their body sizes, Chihuahuas have the largest brain size of any dog breed.
It's about one-fifth as heavy as a Dalmatian
The weight of a Dalmatian is about 455,000 grains.
(a.k.a. Dalmatinac, a.k.a. Carriage Dog, a.k.a. Spotted Coach Dog, a.k.a. Firehouse Dog) (FCI standard; male)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for Dalmatians to weigh between 455,000 grains. The association of the breed with fire departments (and similarly with Budweiser Beer and its team of Clydesdales) stems from their affinity for horses, having been used historically as carriage dogs capable of guiding horse-drawn fire engines to the sites of blazes.
It's about five times as heavy as a Human Brain
The weight of a Human Brain is about 20,800 grains.
(adult)
The average weight of an adult human brain is between 20,800 grains. In humans and primates, sight and vision utilize about 30 different parts of the brain which together account for about half of the brain's size.
It's about six-and-a-half times as heavy as a liter of Water
The weight of a liter of Water is about 15,432.790 grains.
(fresh; 4° C / 39.2° F; maximum density)
Contrary to popular belief, 1 liter (0.0.264172052358148 gal) of water at 4° C / 39.2° F (its point of maximum density) weighs 15,432.790 grains rather than 1 kg exactly. The total volume of water on the planet Earth is about 13,590,000,000,000,000,000 (13.59 quntillion) L (3,590,000,000,000,000,000 gallons).
It's about one-tenth as heavy as a Toilet
The weight of a Toilet is about 673,000 grains.
(KOHLER Round front sitting flush toilet, model #K-11471-0)
The weight of a typical round front sitting flush toilet is 673,000 grains. The Indian town of Musiri in Tamil Nadu state features the world's only paying toilet, which rewards its users up to 10¢ Indian (10 paisas) per visit and uses the waste for compost and fertilizer.
It's about one-tenth as heavy as an Octopus
The weight of an Octopus is about 770,000 grains.
(for Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus) (Adult, average)
The adult North Pacific Giant Octopus usually weighs around 770,000 grains. It is the largest octopus species and is known for its considerable intelligence, including the ability to open jars, solve mazes, and mimic other octopuses.
It's about ten-and-a-half times as heavy as a Basketball
The weight of a Basketball is about 9,625 grains.
(NBA official ball standards, Size 7)
A regulation NBA basketball, manufactured by Spalding, is known as a Size 7 ball and weighs 9,625 grains. These balls have 4,118 pebbles each with a diameter of 2.5 mm
It's about one-tenth as heavy as a Beer Keg
The weight of a Beer Keg is about 1,124,000 grains.
(for US half-barrel, full keg; draft beer; including keg itself, stainless steel)
A typical, half-barrel beer keg weighs 1,123,000 grains when full. A keg of this size contains 15.5 gallons of beer, or the equivalent of 6.8 cases.
It's about one-fifteenth as heavy as a Kangaroo
The weight of a Kangaroo is about 1,300,000 grains.
(for red kangaroo, Macropus rufus) (adult, male)
An adult, male red kangaroo weighs up to 1,300,000 grains. Fantastic jumpers, red kangaroos can leap horizontally 9 m (30 ft) and vertically 3 m (9 ft) in a single bound.
 
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