weight, n.Trivia

Water is heavier when hot

Water is heavy --- it weighs about 8 pounds a gallon.

Blue whales weigh as much as 30 elephants

Blue whale babies are around 8,800 pounds (4,000 kg) with a length of some 26 feet (8 meters).

Hogs are pigs weighing more than 180 lbs (in the US).

Bears, after hibernation, are typically 25% lighter.

A smell is not weightless --- on average, a smell has a weight of 760 nanograms.

Blue whales weigh as much as 200 tons, or as much as 150 Honda Civics

Blue whales are heavy --- they can be as heavy as 30 elephants and as long as 3 large tour buses

Weight is dependent on altitude --- you weigh less on the top of a mountain than at sea level

A ‘batman' was a unit of weight in the Ottoman Empire.

James Madison is the smallest of U.S. Presidents at 100lbs

A hummingbird is lighter than a penny

A dollar is relatively light --- 454 bills is one pound.

The moon is about 81 billion tons

The moon is constantly acting on us. When it is directly overhead, we weigh slightly less

Lemons are best judged by their weight --- Heavier, not bigger lemons, produce more juice.

Clouds are relatively heavy --- an average cumulus cloud weighs more than 70 adult T-rexes.

2,500 to 3,000 tons of gold are mined is mined each year. (one ton of gold is roughly a 14 inch cube)

Clouds are heavy --- a single cloud can weigh 1.1 million pounds (as much as 40 school busses or an Airbus A380).