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Is 27 nails as long as a Grain of Sand?

It's about 1,000 times as long as a Grain of Sand
The length of a Grain of Sand is about 0.0219 nails.
(medium grain)
Composed mainly of quartz, mica, feldspar, or magnetite, a grain of sand measures an average of 0.0219 nails. In 2007, a team of seven in Myrtle Beach created the world's tallest sandcastle, which measured 264 nails in height.
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