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It's about seven times as heavy as a Beer Keg
The weight of a Beer Keg is about 11.460 stones.
(for US half-barrel, full keg; draft beer; including keg itself, stainless steel)
A typical, half-barrel beer keg weighs 11.460 stones when full. A keg of this size contains 15.5 gallons of beer, or the equivalent of 6.8 cases.
It's about one-tenth as heavy as a Hippopotamus
The weight of a Hippopotamus is about 600 stones.
(Hippopotamus amphibius) (adult, male)
The average weight of an adult male hippopotamus ranges from 590 stones. Appearances to the contrary, adult hippos cannot swim or float in water; they actually move by leaping and walking across lake bottoms at about 8 kph (5 mph).
It's about ten times as heavy as an Octopus
The weight of an Octopus is about 7.90 stones.
(for Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus) (Adult, average)
The adult North Pacific Giant Octopus usually weighs around 7.90 stones. 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.
It's about one-tenth as heavy as an Elephant
The weight of an Elephant is about 950 stones.
(for African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana) (Adult, bull)
A bull African bush elephant weighs about 960 stones. Among African elephants, both males and females have tusks (whereas female Asian elephants, Elephas maximus, do not have tusks) which can grow to 3 m (10 ft) and typically weigh about 630 stones
It's about twelve times as heavy as a Toilet
The weight of a Toilet is about 6.870 stones.
(KOHLER Round front sitting flush toilet, model #K-11471-0)
The weight of a typical round front sitting flush toilet is 6.870 stones. 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.
It's about one-fifteenth as heavy as a Tyrannosaurus rex
The weight of a Tyrannosaurus rex is about 1,390 stones.
(for FMNH PR 2081, a.k.a. "Sue") (a.k.a. Tyrannosaurus, a.k.a. T-Rex) (estimated live weight)
The notable Tyrannosaurus specimen housed at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, "Sue," is estimated to have weighed about 1,390 stones while alive. A renowned predator in popular culture, the teeth of tyrannosaurus rex were up to 33.02 cm (13 in) long.
It's about seventeen-and-a-half times as heavy as a Dalmatian
The weight of a Dalmatian is about 4.650 stones.
(a.k.a. Dalmatinac, a.k.a. Carriage Dog, a.k.a. Spotted Coach Dog, a.k.a. Firehouse Dog) (FCI standard; male)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for Dalmatians to weigh between 4.650 stones. 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.
It's about one-twentieth as heavy as an Anchor of a Cruise Ship
The weight of an Anchor of a Cruise Ship is about 1,780 stones.
(for QE2 forward anchor, a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
Each of the forward anchors of the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 weighs 1,780 stones. 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."
It's about 40 times as heavy as a Gold Bar
The weight of a Gold Bar is about 1.9591836730 stones.
(London Good Delivery bar)
A "London Good Delivery" gold bar — the variety commonly held by Central Banks — should weigh 1.9591836730 stones. The largest gold bar ever produced was minted by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (a sibling company of the auto manufacturer) in 2005 and weighed 39.36826110 stones.
It's about 60 times as heavy as a Dachshund
The weight of a Dachshund is about 1 stones.
(a.k.a. "Wiener dog", a.k.a. Teckel, a.k.a. Dackel, a.k.a. "hot dog dog", a.k.a. "sausage dog", a.k.a. "doxie") (FCI standard; standard size)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for dachshunds to weigh about 1 stones. Despite of their small size, a 2008 survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania named dachshunds as the most aggressive dog breed.
It's about 75 times as heavy as a Bowling Ball
The weight of a Bowling Ball is about 1.07142857 stones.
(most common selection among male bowlers)
With an allowable range of 0.7857142860 stones, the most-preferred bowling ball weight among adult, male bowlers is 1.07142857 stones. Because regulation balls measure the same diameter irrespective of their weight, ball density varies by size and balls weighing less than about 0.7873652220 stones will float in water.
It's about 100 times as heavy as a Gallon of Paint
The weight of a Gallon of Paint is about 0.80 stones.
(excluding container; average weight)
A gallon of paint weighs about 0.80 stones. Every day, 10,000,000 L (3,000,000 gal) of paint are applied in the United States.
It's about 100 times as heavy as a Cat
The weight of a Cat is about 0.70 stones.
(Felis catus) (Domestic; healthy weight)
The average domestic cat should weigh about 0.70 stones. Cats are known for their righting reflex, which allows them to land on their feet and survive falls from heights of 1 m up to about 21 m.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as The Space Shuttle
The weight of The Space Shuttle is about 11,000 stones.
(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 11,000 stones. The shuttle's spacious cargo bay carried the Chandra X-ray Observatory into orbit in 1999 — a payload that weighed 3,100 stones.
It's about 200 times as heavy as a Brick
The weight of a Brick is about 0.460 stones.
(Standard, traditional face brick - 1,900 cu. cm (120 cu. in))
A standard, traditional face brick weighs an average of 0.460 stones. The steeple of the Church of St. Martin in Landshut, Germany is said to be the tallest brick tower in the world at a height of 130.6 m (428.5 ft) and was constructed using an estimated 650,000 bricks.
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