Mass of a pickaxe

Mass of a pickaxe (4 kg)

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If Mass of a pickaxe (4 kg) was a standard unit ...

  • Mass of an adult male Asian Elephant (4,000 kg)...more would be 1000 x Mass of a pickaxe
  • Mass of an adult male Walrus (2,000 kg)...more would be 500 x Mass of a pickaxe
  • Mass of a small passenger car (800 kg)...more would be 200 x Mass of a pickaxe
  • Mass of an adult male Polar Bear (800 kg)...more would be 200 x Mass of a pickaxe
  • Mass of a motorbike (200 kg)...more would be 50 x Mass of a pickaxe
  • Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone (20 kg)...more would be 5 x Mass of a pickaxe
  • Mass of a case of 12 bottles of wine (16 kg)...more would be 4 x Mass of a pickaxe
  • Mass of a large watermelon (10 kg)...more would be 2.5 x Mass of a pickaxe
  • Mass of Double Bass (10 kg)...more would be 2.5 x Mass of a pickaxe
  • Mass of Tuba (10 kg)...more would be 2.5 x Mass of a pickaxe
  • Mass of a regulation womens' shot (in the shot put athletics event) (4 kg)...more would be about as big as Mass of a pickaxe
  • Mass of a bottle of champagne (1.6 kg)...more would be 2/5 of Mass of a pickaxe

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