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How heavy is 835.15 pennyweights?

It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Giraffe
The weight of a Giraffe is about 1,240,000 pennyweights.
(Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) (adult, male, maximum of range)
An adult, male giraffe can weigh up to 1,240,000 pennyweights. Reaching 5.5 m (18 ft) in height by adulthood, giraffe calves can grow as much as 3 cm (1 in) per day.
It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as a Rhinoceros
The weight of a Rhinoceros is about 1,400,000 pennyweights.
(for Black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis) (Adult, male)
An adult black rhinoceros weighs between 1,400,000 pennyweights. Rhinoceros are extremely aggressive — nearly one of every two males will die as a result of fighting with other rhinoceros.
It's about one-two-thousandth as heavy as The Tongue of a Blue Whale
The weight of The Tongue of a Blue Whale is about 1,700,000 pennyweights.
(Balaenoptera musculus) (adult)
The tongue of a Blue Whale can weigh up to 1,700,000 pennyweights. Despite their tremendous size, blue whales feed almost exclusively on tiny crustaceans called krill and cannot swallow anything much larger than a beach ball.
It's about one-three-thousandth as heavy as a Hippopotamus
The weight of a Hippopotamus is about 2,400,000 pennyweights.
(Hippopotamus amphibius) (adult, male)
The average weight of an adult male hippopotamus ranges from 2,400,000 pennyweights. 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 one-five-thousandth as heavy as an Elephant
The weight of an Elephant is about 3,900,000 pennyweights.
(for African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana) (Adult, bull)
A bull African bush elephant weighs about 3,900,000 pennyweights. 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 2,600,000 pennyweights
It's about one-seven-thousandth as heavy as a Tyrannosaurus rex
The weight of a Tyrannosaurus rex is about 5,660,000 pennyweights.
(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 5,660,000 pennyweights 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 one-eight-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as an Anchor of a Cruise Ship
The weight of an Anchor of a Cruise Ship is about 7,270,000 pennyweights.
(for QE2 forward anchor, a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
Each of the forward anchors of the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 weighs 7,270,000 pennyweights. 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 one-fifty-five-thousandth as heavy as The Space Shuttle
The weight of The Space Shuttle is about 46,000,000 pennyweights.
(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 46,000,000 pennyweights. The shuttle's spacious cargo bay carried the Chandra X-ray Observatory into orbit in 1999 — a payload that weighed 13,000,000 pennyweights.
It's about one-eighty-thousandth as heavy as a Blue Whale
The weight of a Blue Whale is about 67,200,000 pennyweights.
(Balaenoptera musculus)
Blue whales weigh between 67,200,000 pennyweights. The largest mammal to have ever lived, blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill — tiny invertebrates weighing about 0.6430 pennyweights each.
It's about one-one-hundred-thousandth as heavy as The Statue of Liberty (without base)
Flag of The US
The weight of The Statue of Liberty (without base) is about 90,000,000 pennyweights.
(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 90,000,000 pennyweights. 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 one-one-hundred-thousandth as heavy as a House
The weight of a House is about 100,000,000 pennyweights.
(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 100,000,000 pennyweights, 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 296,000 pennyweights.
It's about one-five-hundred-thousandth as heavy as Christ the Redeemer (statue)
Flag of Brazil
The weight of Christ the Redeemer (statue) is about 408,000,000 pennyweights.
(a.k.a. O Cristo Redentor, a.k.a. Christo redemptor) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Christ the Redeemer weighs 408,000,000 pennyweights. 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 one-one-millionth as heavy as a Tree (Sierra Redwood)
The weight of a Tree (Sierra Redwood) is about 840,000,000 pennyweights.
(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 840,000,000 pennyweights. 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 1,200,000,000 pennyweights.
It's about 0.0000002 times as heavy as The Eiffel Tower
Flag of France
The weight of The Eiffel Tower is about 6,490,000,000 pennyweights.
(a.k.a. La Tour Eiffel) (Paris, France) (total weight)
The Eiffel Tower weighs approximately 6,490,000,000 pennyweights. Architected to be quickly assembled, the Tower contains only 930 cu. meters of solid material.
It's about 0.00000010 times as heavy as The Brooklyn Bridge
Flag of The US
The weight of The Brooklyn Bridge is about 8,565,000,000 pennyweights.
(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 8,565,000,000 pennyweights. 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.
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