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How heavy is 24,260,000,000 shekels ( שקלים)?

It's about as heavy as The Sears Tower
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The weight of The Sears Tower is about 24,260,000,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(officially "Willis Tower" as of 2009) (Chicago, Illinois)
The Willis Tower weighs approximately 24,260,000,000 shekels ( שקלים). The outer wall surface of the Tower is covered with black anodized aluminum panels which would total 110,000 sq. m (28 acres) if laid out together.
It's about three-fifths as heavy as The Empire State Building
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The weight of The Empire State Building is about 39,800,000,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(New York City, New York)
The Empire State Building weighs approximately 39,800,000,000 shekels ( שקלים). About 4% of the building's weight is its 6,000 cu. m (200,000 cu. ft) of limestone façade.
It's about one-and-seven-tenths times as heavy as The CN Tower
Flag of Canada
The weight of The CN Tower is about 14,178,000,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(a.k.a. La Tour CN, a.k.a. Canadian National Tower, a.k.a. Canada's National Tower) (Toronto, Canada)
The CN Tower weighs approximately 14,178,000,000 shekels ( שקלים). The Tower is home to the world's highest glass floor — a viewing area that allows visitors to look straight down 342 m (1,120 ft) to the ground below.
It's about one-fourth as heavy as The Golden Gate Bridge
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The weight of The Golden Gate Bridge is about 96,800,000,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(San Francisco, California and Marin County, California) (Post 1986 weight reduction; total weight of bridge, anchorage, and approaches)
Following the completion of the 1986 project to eliminate excess material, the total weight of the Golden Gate Bridge — including its anchorages and approaches — is 96,800,000,000 shekels ( שקלים). The two main cables in the spanning the bridge are spun out of a total of 129,000 km (80,200 mi) of wire.
It's about eight times as heavy as The Statue of Liberty
Flag of The US
The weight of The Statue of Liberty is about 2,960,000,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(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, including her base is roughly 2,960,000,000 shekels ( שקלים). 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 fifteen times as heavy as The Brooklyn Bridge
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The weight of The Brooklyn Bridge is about 1,602,000,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(a.k.a. New York and Brooklyn Bridge) (Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York City, New York) (total weight)
The total weight of the Brooklyn Bridge is approximately 1,602,000,000 shekels ( שקלים). In a promotional event to prove the bridge's stability shortly after it opened, entertainer P. T. Barnum led a parade of 21 elephants across it in May of 1884.
It's about twenty times as heavy as The Eiffel Tower
Flag of France
The weight of The Eiffel Tower is about 1,210,000,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(a.k.a. La Tour Eiffel) (Paris, France) (total weight)
The Eiffel Tower weighs approximately 1,210,000,000 shekels ( שקלים). Architected to be quickly assembled, the Tower contains only 930 cu. meters of solid material.
It's about one-thirtieth as heavy as The Great Pyramid of Giza
Flag of Egypt
The weight of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 710,000,000,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, a.k.a. Pyramid of Cheops) (Cairo, Egypt)
The Great Pyramid of Giza has an estimated mass of 710,000,000,000 shekels ( שקלים). The 2,300,000 stones used in the construction of the pyramid weighed an average 270,000 shekels ( שקלים) and were quarried from distances of up to 805 km (500 mi) away.
It's about 150 times as heavy as a Tree (Sierra Redwood)
The weight of a Tree (Sierra Redwood) is about 160,000,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(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 160,000,000 shekels ( שקלים). 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 230,000,000 shekels ( שקלים).
It's about 300 times as heavy as Christ the Redeemer (statue)
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The weight of Christ the Redeemer (statue) is about 76,400,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(a.k.a. O Cristo Redentor, a.k.a. Christo redemptor) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Christ the Redeemer weighs 76,400,000 shekels ( שקלים). 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 a House
The weight of a House is about 18,800,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(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 18,800,000 shekels ( שקלים), 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 55,300 shekels ( שקלים).
It's about 1,500 times as heavy as The Statue of Liberty (without base)
Flag of The US
The weight of The Statue of Liberty (without base) is about 17,000,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(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 17,000,000 shekels ( שקלים). 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 2,000 times as heavy as a Blue Whale
The weight of a Blue Whale is about 12,600,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(Balaenoptera musculus)
Blue whales weigh between 12,600,000 shekels ( שקלים). The largest mammal to have ever lived, blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill — tiny invertebrates weighing about 0.120 shekels ( שקלים) each.
It's about 3,000 times as heavy as The Space Shuttle
The weight of The Space Shuttle is about 8,500,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(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 8,500,000 shekels ( שקלים). The shuttle's spacious cargo bay carried the Chandra X-ray Observatory into orbit in 1999 — a payload that weighed 2,400,000 shekels ( שקלים).
It's about 20,000 times as heavy as an Anchor of a Cruise Ship
The weight of an Anchor of a Cruise Ship is about 1,360,000 shekels ( שקלים).
(for QE2 forward anchor, a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
Each of the forward anchors of the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 weighs 1,360,000 shekels ( שקלים). The anchor of the QE2 now sits in front of the Holyrood Church in Southampton, England, United Kingdom, along a pedestrian tourist route known as "the QE2 mile."
 
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