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How heavy is 5 kilograms?

It's about fourteen times as heavy as a Can of Soup
The weight of a Can of Soup is about 0.350 kilograms.
(for Campbell''s Condensed Tomato Soup, 317.9 ml)
A can of Campbell''s Tomato Soup weighs 0.350 kilograms. 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-fifteenth as heavy as a Beer Keg
The weight of a Beer Keg is about 72.80 kilograms.
(for US half-barrel, full keg; draft beer; including keg itself, stainless steel)
A typical, half-barrel beer keg weighs 72.80 kg when full. A keg of this size contains 15.5 gallons of beer, or the equivalent of 6.8 cases.
It's about sixteen times as heavy as a Human Heart
The weight of a Human Heart is about 0.310 kilograms.
(human; adult)
The average human heart weighs about 0.310 kilograms. Each minute, the heart pumps between 10 and 20 liters (3 to 5 gallons) of blood through its chambers.
It's about one-fifteenth as heavy as a Kangaroo
The weight of a Kangaroo is about 85 kilograms.
(for red kangaroo, Macropus rufus) (adult, male)
An adult, male red kangaroo weighs up to 85 kg. Fantastic jumpers, red kangaroos can leap horizontally 9 m (30 ft) and vertically 3 m (9 ft) in a single bound.
It's about thirty times as heavy as a Hamster
The weight of a Hamster is about 0.20 kilograms.
(for Syrian hamster, a.k.a. golden hamster, a.k.a. Mesocricetus auratus; adult)
An adult Syrian hamster has a typical weight of about 0.20 kilograms. Known for transporting food in the pouches of their cheeks so that they can bury it later, some hamsters can store up to 25 kg of food in their borrows.
It's about one-thirtieth as heavy as a Panda Bear
The weight of a Panda Bear is about 150 kilograms.
(a.k.a. Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca)(Adult, male)
An adult, male Giant Panda weighs up to 150 kg. Despite having the digestive system of a carnivore, the panda eats only bamboo and must eat up to 6.4 kg of it per day to compensate for the limited energy the plant provides.
It's about thirty times as heavy as a Billiard Ball
The weight of a Billiard Ball is about 0.163009757968750 kilograms.
(American-style, WPA specifications)
Per the World Pool-Billiard Association, a billiard ball weight must weigh between 0.15592237718750 kilograms and 0.170097138750 kilograms. 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 thirty times as heavy as a Hockey Puck
The weight of a Hockey Puck is about 0.163009757968750 kilograms.
(Ice hockey)
A standard ice hockey puck weighs between 0.15592237718750 kilograms and 0.170097138750 kilograms. Hockey pucks can be shot or passed at speeds of up to 160 kph (99 mph) during games.
It's about one-thirty-fifth as heavy as a Reindeer
The weight of a Reindeer is about 166 kilograms.
(for Rangifer tarandus granti, adult, bull) (a.k.a. Caribou) ()Rangifer tarandus)
An adult, male reindeer weighs between 159 and 182 kg. Reindeer undertake a lengthy annual migration, with some herds traveling up to 5,000 km.

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It's about thirty times as heavy as a Baseball
The weight of a Baseball is about 0.145291306015630 kilograms.
(MLB rules)
Per Major League Baseball rules, a baseball must weigh between 0.1417476156250 kilograms and 0.148834996406250 kilograms. 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 forty times as heavy as a Battery (D)
The weight of a Battery (D) is about 0.1350 kilograms.
(Alkaline)
A "D" size battery weighs 0.1350 kilograms. The D size battery is the oldest of the modern battery sizes, first invented by the National Carbon Company in 1898.
It's about one-fortieth as heavy as The Heart of a Blue Whale
The weight of The Heart of a Blue Whale is about 200 kilograms.
(Balaenoptera musculus) (adult)
(for a 2014 specimen)
The heart of a blue whale weighs about 200 kilograms. These hearts pump an estimated 7,100 L (1,875 gal) of blood through the whale's massive body.
It's about one-forty-fifth as heavy as a cubic meter of Snow
The weight of a cubic meter of Snow is about 230 kilograms.
(Freshly fallen, standard conditions; measurements taken in Norway, 1965-68)
One cubic meter of freshly fallen snow under standard conditions weighs an average of 230 kg. Assembled in 2008, the world record largest snowman was constructed of 5,900,000 kg of snow and stood 37.21 m (122.1 ft) tall.
It's about one-fiftieth as heavy as a Pig
The weight of a Pig is about 250 kilograms.
(Domestic pig, Sus scrofa domesticus, a.k.a. S. domesticus) (adult)
Domestic pigs weigh between 50 kg and 450 kg. The titular character "Babe the pig" in the 1995 family film was played by 48 different American Yorkshire piglets due to the length of filming and the rate at which piglets reach adulthood.
It's about 55 times as heavy as a Deck of Cards
The weight of a Deck of Cards is about 0.094 kilograms.
(ISO 216 B8 size, a.k.a. "poker size" 63 x 88 mm, 52-card deck)
A deck of 52 ISO 216 B8-size playing cards weighs 0.094 kilograms. Utilizing nearly 3,700 decks, the record-holding largest card tower was built in early 2010, stood over 3.5 m (11 ft), and weighed over 272 kg.
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