How heavy is 5.4 fluid drams (ʒ)?

Per the World Pool-Billiard Association, a billiard ball weight must weigh between 40.1041666666670 fluid drams (ʒ) and 43.750 fluid drams (ʒ). According to legend, the difficulty in obtaining elephant ivory for the manufacture of billiard balls in the 19th century inspired the search for a replacement material, which led to the development of the first industrial plastic.

A standard ice hockey puck weighs between 40.1041666666670 fluid drams (ʒ) and 43.750 fluid drams (ʒ). Hockey pucks can be shot or passed at speeds of up to 160 kph (99 mph) during games.

The weight of a United States penny is 0.640 fluid drams (ʒ). According to a 2010 report by the United States Mint, the cost of manufacturing and distributing a penny is $0.0179 — more than its face-value.

An adult Syrian hamster has a typical weight of about 50 fluid drams (ʒ). Known for transporting food in the pouches of their cheeks so that they can bury it later, some hamsters can store up to 6,000 fluid drams (ʒ) of food in their borrows.

A single ISO 216 B8-size playing card weighs 0.460 fluid drams (ʒ). Although this size is the most common home playing card, many casinos use "bridge size" cards — 2,640 sq. mm (4.036 sq. in) smaller in area.

The average human heart weighs about 80 fluid drams (ʒ). Each minute, the heart pumps between 10 and 20 liters (3 to 5 gallons) of blood through its chambers.

Notwithstanding the tremendous variation in sizes and materials, a typical paperclip weighs about 0.360 fluid drams (ʒ). The country of Norway has used the paper clip as something of a national symbol since the end of World War II based on the erroneous notion that the paperclip was invented by a Norwegian, Johan Vaaler. However, the paperclip had already been in existence for at least 30 years by the time of Vaaler patented his paperclip design.

A can of Campbell''s Tomato Soup weighs 90 fluid drams (ʒ). Cans have been used to store soup and other foods since their invention in 1913, but a dedicated can opener was not developed until cans began to use thinner materials — prior to that time, cans were usually opened using various blunt instruments and tools.

Made of sugar, corn syrup, and pectin, a single jelly bean weighs about 0.290 fluid drams (ʒ). President Ronald Reagan cited jelly beans as his favorite candy and 820,000 fluid drams (ʒ) of the candies were served at his first inauguration in 1981.

Per National Football League official rules, an American football must weigh between 102.0833333333 fluid drams (ʒ) and 109.3750 fluid drams (ʒ). Because of NFL regulations, ceremonial considerations, and backup requirements, each NFL Superbowl requires the manufacture of 144 balls exclusively for the event.

According to FIFA's Law of the Game number 2, a football must weigh between 110 fluid drams (ʒ) and 120 fluid drams (ʒ). An artifact on display at the Smith Art Gallery and Museum in Stirling, Scotland is said to be the world's oldest football and is about one-third to one-half the size of a modern football.

A two-inch finishing nail weighs 0.20 fluid drams (ʒ). Nails have been in use for more than 5,400 years and were ven used as a medium of exchange in ancient times.

A regulation NBA basketball, manufactured by Spalding, is known as a Size 7 ball and weighs 160.416666670 fluid drams (ʒ). These balls have 4,118 pebbles each with a diameter of 2.5 mm

Contrary to popular belief, 1 liter (0.0.264172052358148 gal) of water at 4° C / 39.2° F (its point of maximum density) weighs 257.21320 fluid drams (ʒ) 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).

The average weight of an adult human brain is between 347 fluid drams (ʒ). 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.