How heavy is 100 pennyweights?

The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for dachshunds to weigh about 6,000 pennyweights. Despite of their small size, a 2008 survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania named dachshunds as the most aggressive dog breed.

The weight of a United States penny is 1.60 pennyweights. 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.

A "London Good Delivery" gold bar — the variety commonly held by Central Banks — should weigh 8,000 pennyweights. The largest gold bar ever produced was minted by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (a sibling company of the auto manufacturer) in 2005 and weighed 160,753.73280 pennyweights.

A single ISO 216 B8-size playing card weighs 1.20 pennyweights. 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.

Notwithstanding the tremendous variation in sizes and materials, a typical paperclip weighs about 0.90 pennyweights. 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.

Made of sugar, corn syrup, and pectin, a single jelly bean weighs about 0.730 pennyweights. President Ronald Reagan cited jelly beans as his favorite candy and 2,000,000 pennyweights of the candies were served at his first inauguration in 1981.

The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for Dalmatians to weigh between 19,000 pennyweights. 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.

A two-inch finishing nail weighs 0.510 pennyweights. Nails have been in use for more than 5,400 years and were ven used as a medium of exchange in ancient times.

The weight of a typical round front sitting flush toilet is 28,000 pennyweights. 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.

The adult North Pacific Giant Octopus usually weighs around 32,000 pennyweights. 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.

A typical, half-barrel beer keg weighs 46,810 pennyweights when full. A keg of this size contains 15.5 gallons of beer, or the equivalent of 6.8 cases.

An adult, male red kangaroo weighs up to 55,000 pennyweights. Fantastic jumpers, red kangaroos can leap horizontally 9 m (30 ft) and vertically 3 m (9 ft) in a single bound.

The weight of a raindrop depends heavily on the type of weather, but averages about 0.10 pennyweights. The familiar teardrop shape of a raindrop is actually an optical illusion, caused by the reflection of the light and the motion of the drop.

An adult, male Giant Panda weighs up to 96,000 pennyweights. Despite having the digestive system of a carnivore, the panda eats only bamboo and must eat up to 4,100 pennyweights of it per day to compensate for the limited energy the plant provides.

An adult, male reindeer weighs between 106,000 pennyweights. Reindeer undertake a lengthy annual migration, with some herds traveling up to 5,000 km.

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