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How heavy is 521,000,000 miligrams?

It's about one-two-hundredth as heavy as a Blue Whale
The weight of a Blue Whale is about 105,000,000,000 miligrams.
(Balaenoptera musculus)
Blue whales weigh between 105,000,000,000 miligrams. The largest mammal to have ever lived, blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill — tiny invertebrates weighing about 1,000 miligrams each.
It's about 250 times as heavy as a Chihuahua
The weight of a Chihuahua is about 2,250,000 miligrams.
(a.k.a. Chihuahue(o) (FCI standard)
The F&d&ration Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for Chihuahuas to weigh about 2,250,000 miligrams. Relative to their body sizes, Chihuahuas have the largest brain size of any dog breed.
It's about one-two-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as The Statue of Liberty (without base)
Flag of The US
The weight of The Statue of Liberty (without base) is about 140,000,000,000 miligrams.
(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 140,000,000,000 miligrams. 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 one-three-hundredth as heavy as a House
The weight of a House is about 156,000,000,000 miligrams.
(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 156,000,000,000 miligrams, 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 460,000,000 miligrams.
It's about 400 times as heavy as a Human Brain
The weight of a Human Brain is about 1,350,000 miligrams.
(adult)
The average weight of an adult human brain is between 1,350,000 miligrams. 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 500 times as heavy as a liter of Water
The weight of a liter of Water is about 1,000,028 miligrams.
(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 miligrams 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 850 times as heavy as a Basketball
The weight of a Basketball is about 623,689.508750 miligrams.
(NBA official ball standards, Size 7)
A regulation NBA basketball, manufactured by Spalding, is known as a Size 7 ball and weighs 623,689.508750 miligrams. These balls have 4,118 pebbles each with a diameter of 2.5 mm
It's about 1,000 times as heavy as a Football (Soccer Ball)
The weight of a Football (Soccer Ball) is about 430,000 miligrams.
(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 410,000 miligrams and 450,000 miligrams. 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 one-one-thousandth as heavy as Christ the Redeemer (statue)
Flag of Brazil
The weight of Christ the Redeemer (statue) is about 635,000,000,000 miligrams.
(a.k.a. O Cristo Redentor, a.k.a. Christo redemptor) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Christ the Redeemer weighs 635,000,000,000 miligrams. The statue overlooks the city of Rio de Janeiro from atop the 709.9-meter (2,329 ft) granite peak in the Tijuca Forest National Park.
It's about 1,500 times as heavy as an American Football
The weight of an American Football is about 411,068.0853125 miligrams.
(a.k.a. "pigskin") (NFL standard)
Per National Football League official rules, an American football must weigh between 396,893.323750 miligrams and 425,242.8468750 miligrams. 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 1,500 times as heavy as a Can of Soup
The weight of a Can of Soup is about 350,000 miligrams.
(for Campbell''s Condensed Tomato Soup, 317.9 ml)
A can of Campbell''s Tomato Soup weighs 350,000 miligrams. 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 1,500 times as heavy as a Human Heart
The weight of a Human Heart is about 310,000 miligrams.
(human; adult)
The average human heart weighs about 310,000 miligrams. Each minute, the heart pumps between 10 and 20 liters (3 to 5 gallons) of blood through its chambers.
It's about one-two-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Tree (Sierra Redwood)
The weight of a Tree (Sierra Redwood) is about 1,300,000,000,000 miligrams.
(a.k.a. Giant Sequoia, a.k.a. Sierran redwood, a.k.a. Wellingtonia, a.k.a. "Big Tree", Sequoiadendron giganteum)
The weight of wood in a Giant Sequoia is 1,300,000,000,000 miligrams. General Sherman, a specimen in Sequoia National Park in Visalia, California, is the largest tree in the world by volume, with an estimated weight of about 1,900,000,000,000 miligrams.
It's about 3,000 times as heavy as a Hamster
The weight of a Hamster is about 200,000 miligrams.
(for Syrian hamster, a.k.a. golden hamster, a.k.a. Mesocricetus auratus; adult)
An adult Syrian hamster has a typical weight of about 200,000 miligrams. Known for transporting food in the pouches of their cheeks so that they can bury it later, some hamsters can store up to 30,000,000 miligrams of food in their borrows.
It's about 3,000 times as heavy as a Billiard Ball
The weight of a Billiard Ball is about 163,009.757968750 miligrams.
(American-style, WPA specifications)
Per the World Pool-Billiard Association, a billiard ball weight must weigh between 155,922.37718750 miligrams and 170,097.138750 miligrams. 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.
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