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Is 8,800 pounds as heavy as a Grain of Sugar?

It's about 6,500,000,000 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.
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