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How heavy is 645.5 miligrams?

It's about four-fifths as heavy as a Nail
The weight of a Nail is about 790 miligrams.
(for 15-gauge, 2-inch, finishing nails)
A two-inch finishing nail weighs 790 miligrams. Nails have been in use for more than 5,400 years and were ven used as a medium of exchange in ancient times.
It's about three times as heavy as a Raindrop
The weight of a Raindrop is about 200 miligrams.
(a.k.a. drop, a.k.a. droplet) (average)
The weight of a raindrop depends heavily on the type of weather, but averages about 200 mg. The familiar teardrop shape of a raindrop is actually an optical illusion, caused by the reflection of the light and the motion of the drop.
It's about thirty times as heavy as a Grain of Rice
The weight of a Grain of Rice is about 21 miligrams.
(conventional; US; long-, medium-, and short-gran varieties; uncooked)
With great differences in variety, the average among a sampling of common short-, medium- and long-grain rices finds that a single grain weighs about 21 mg before cooking. A staple through most of human history, archaeological evidence indicates that the earliest rice cultivation was about 11,500 years ago.
It's about 150 times as heavy as a Grain of Sand
The weight of a Grain of Sand is about 4.40 miligrams.
(medium grain)
With tremendous variety in the size of grain and the component material, grains of sand weigh an average of 4.4 mg. In 2007, a team of seven in Myrtle Beach created the world's tallest sandcastle, which measured 15.10 m (49.55 ft) in height.
It's about 200 times as heavy as a Sesame Seed
The weight of a Sesame Seed is about 3.640 miligrams.
(Sesamum indicum)
A sesame seed weighs approximately 3.64 mg. The McDonald's Big Mac sandwich, which is well-known for its sesame seed top bun, accounts for the consumption of an estimated 2,010,000,000 miligrams of sesame seeds each day.
It's about 1,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Sugar
The weight of a Grain of Sugar is about 0.6250 miligrams.
(a.k.a. white sugar, a.k.a. white refined sugar, a.k.a. table sugar, a.k.a. sucrose, a.k.a. saccharose)
A grain of sugar weighs approximately 0.625 mg. Sugar consumption varies widely by country; the average citizen of the United States consumes about 61,200,000 miligrams of sugar each year.
It's about 2,000 times as heavy as a Poppy Seed
The weight of a Poppy Seed is about 0.30 miligrams.
(Papaver somniferum)
Fifty percent oil by weight, a poppy seed weighs approximately 0.3 mg. The true pigment of a poppy seed is brown in color, while the characteristic bluish color is an optical illusion caused by a layer of calcium oxalate crystals refracting light rays.
It's about 10,000 times as heavy as a Grain of Salt
The weight of a Grain of Salt is about 0.0585 miligrams.
The mass of a grain of salt is approximately 0.0585 mgs. Salt consumption varies widely by country; the people of the United States consume a combined total of about 57,000,000,000,000 miligrams of salt each year.
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