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How heavy is 1,010 pounds?

It's about 20,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Rice
The weight of a Grain of Rice is about 0.0000460 pounds.
(conventional; US; long-, medium-, and short-gran varieties; uncooked)
With great differences in variety, the average among a sampling of common short-, medium- and long-grain rices finds that a single grain weighs about 0.0000460 pounds before cooking. A staple through most of human history, archaeological evidence indicates that the earliest rice cultivation was about 11,500 years ago.
It's about 100,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Sand
The weight of a Grain of Sand is about 0.00000970 pounds.
(medium grain)
With tremendous variety in the size of grain and the component material, grains of sand weigh an average of 0.00000970 pounds. In 2007, a team of seven in Myrtle Beach created the world's tallest sandcastle, which measured 15.10 m (49.55 ft) in height.
It's about 150,000,000 times as heavy as a Sesame Seed
The weight of a Sesame Seed is about 0.000008020 pounds.
(Sesamum indicum)
A sesame seed weighs approximately 0.000008020 pounds. The McDonald's Big Mac sandwich, which is well-known for its sesame seed top bun, accounts for the consumption of an estimated 4,430 pounds of sesame seeds each day.
It's about 750,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Sugar
The weight of a Grain of Sugar is about 0.000001380 pounds.
(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 0.000001380 pounds. Sugar consumption varies widely by country; the average citizen of the United States consumes about 135 pounds of sugar each year.
It's about 1,500,000,000 times as heavy as a Poppy Seed
The weight of a Poppy Seed is about 0.000000660 pounds.
(Papaver somniferum)
Fifty percent oil by weight, a poppy seed weighs approximately 0.000000660 pounds. 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 8,000,000,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Salt
The weight of a Grain of Salt is about 0.0000001290 pounds.
The mass of a grain of salt is approximately 0.0000001290 pounds. Salt consumption varies widely by country; the people of the United States consume a combined total of about 126,000,000 pounds of salt each year.
It's about 0.0000000000000000000000000003 times as heavy as The Sun
The weight of The Sun is about 4,399,999,999,999,999,411,952,405,184,512.000000000000000000000000000000000 pounds.
The sun has a mass of 4,400,000,000,000,000,452,283,919,107,096,576.000000000000000000000000000000000000 pounds 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 0.00000000000000000000008 times as heavy as The Earth
The weight of The Earth is about 13,169,999,999,999,999,945,474,048.000000000000000000000000000000 pounds.
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