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How heavy is 150,000 grams?

It's about 100 times as heavy as a Human Brain
The weight of a Human Brain is about 1,350 grams.
(adult)
The average weight of an adult human brain is between 1,300 and 1,400 g. 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 150 times as heavy as a liter of Water
The weight of a liter of Water is about 1,000.028 grams.
(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 1,000.028 grams 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 250 times as heavy as a Basketball
The weight of a Basketball is about 623.689508750 grams.
(NBA official ball standards, Size 7)
A regulation NBA basketball, manufactured by Spalding, is known as a Size 7 ball and weighs 623.68950875 g. These balls have 4,118 pebbles each with a diameter of 2.5 mm
It's about 350 times as heavy as a Football (Soccer Ball)
The weight of a Football (Soccer Ball) is about 430 grams.
(a.k.a. Soccer, a.k.a. Association Football) (FIFA Law 2 specification)
According to FIFA's Law of the Game number 2, a football must weigh between 410 g and 450 g. 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.
It's about 350 times as heavy as an American Football
The weight of an American Football is about 411.0680853125 grams.
(a.k.a. "pigskin") (NFL standard)
Per National Football League official rules, an American football must weigh between 396.89332375 g and 425.242846875 g. Because of NFL regulations, ceremonial considerations, and backup requirements, each NFL Superbowl requires the manufacture of 144 balls exclusively for the event.
It's about 450 times as heavy as a Can of Soup
The weight of a Can of Soup is about 350 grams.
(for Campbell''s Condensed Tomato Soup, 317.9 ml)
A can of Campbell''s Tomato Soup weighs 350 g. 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.
It's about one-five-hundredth as heavy as The Space Shuttle
The weight of The Space Shuttle is about 71,000,000 grams.
(for Endeavour, a.k.a. OV-105, a.k.a. Orbiter Vehicle-105) (empty weight, excluding main engines)
When empty, the space shuttle Endeavour weighs 71,000,000 grams. The shuttle's spacious cargo bay carried the Chandra X-ray Observatory into orbit in 1999 — a payload that weighed 20,000,000 grams.
It's about 500 times as heavy as a Human Heart
The weight of a Human Heart is about 310 grams.
(human; adult)
The average human heart weighs about 310 g. Each minute, the heart pumps between 10 and 20 liters (3 to 5 gallons) of blood through its chambers.
It's about one-seven-hundredth as heavy as a Blue Whale
The weight of a Blue Whale is about 105,000,000 grams.
(Balaenoptera musculus)
Blue whales weigh between 105,000,000 grams. The largest mammal to have ever lived, blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill — tiny invertebrates weighing about 1 gram each.
It's about 800 times as heavy as a Hamster
The weight of a Hamster is about 200 grams.
(for Syrian hamster, a.k.a. golden hamster, a.k.a. Mesocricetus auratus; adult)
An adult Syrian hamster has a typical weight of about 200 g. Known for transporting food in the pouches of their cheeks so that they can bury it later, some hamsters can store up to 30,000 grams of food in their borrows.
It's about one-nine-hundredth as heavy as The Statue of Liberty (without base)
Flag of The US
The weight of The Statue of Liberty (without base) is about 140,000,000 grams.
(a.k.a. Liberty Enlightening the World, a.k.a. La Liberté éclairant le monde) (total weight, including foundation)
The total weight of the Statue of Liberty — the Statue's copper and framework only, excluding the base — is roughly 140,000,000 grams. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.
It's about 900 times as heavy as a Billiard Ball
The weight of a Billiard Ball is about 163.00975796875 grams.
(American-style, WPA specifications)
Per the World Pool-Billiard Association, a billiard ball weight must weigh between 155.9223771875 g and 170.09713875 g. 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.
It's about 900 times as heavy as a Hockey Puck
The weight of a Hockey Puck is about 163.00975796875 grams.
(Ice hockey)
A standard ice hockey puck weighs between 155.9223771875 g and 170.09713875 g. Hockey pucks can be shot or passed at speeds of up to 160 kph (99 mph) during games.
It's about 1,000 times as heavy as a Baseball
The weight of a Baseball is about 145.291306015620 grams.
(MLB rules)
Per Major League Baseball rules, a baseball must weigh between 141.747615625 g and 148.83499640625 g. A major league pitcher can throw a baseball at up to 150 kph (91 mph) (with a fastball pitch), with record-setting pitches as fast as 171 kph (106 mph).
It's about one-one-thousandth as heavy as a House
The weight of a House is about 156,000,000 grams.
(149 sq. m, single-level, unfurnished)
A 149 sq. m (1,600 sq. ft), single-story, unfurnished house (without extensive masonry) of the type commonly found in America would weigh approximately 156,000,000 grams, based on the weight of the included materials. In contrast, a yurt — a type of dwelling structure popular among nomadic peoples of East Asia — typically weighs less than 460,000 grams.
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