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Mass of Empire State Building

Mass of Empire State Building (331 million kg)

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If Mass of Empire State Building (331 million kg) was a standard unit ...

  • Mass of world steel production (2014) (1.665 trillion kg)...more would be 5000 x Mass of Empire State Building
  • Mass of all the Earth's land mammals (1.3 trillion kg)...more would be 4000 x Mass of Empire State Building
  • Mass of Brooklyn Bridge (13.32 million kg)...more would be 1/25 of Mass of Empire State Building

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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