Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone

Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone (20 kg)

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If Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone (20 kg) was a standard unit ...

  • Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight) (397,000 kg)...more would be 20000 x Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone
  • Mass of the Statue of Liberty (201,400 kg)...more would be 10000 x Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone
  • Mass of Angel of the North sculpture in Gateshead, UK (200,000 kg)...more would be 10000 x Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone
  • Mass of an adult male Asian Elephant (4,000 kg)...more would be 200 x Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone
  • Mass of an adult male Walrus (2,000 kg)...more would be 100 x Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone
  • Mass of Cessna 172 aircraft (998 kg)...more would be 50 x Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone
  • Mass of a small passenger car (800 kg)...more would be 40 x Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone
  • Mass of an adult male Polar Bear (800 kg)...more would be 40 x Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone
  • Mass of a motorbike (200 kg)...more would be 10 x Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone
  • Mass of heaviest allowable Flyweight professional boxer (50.8 kg)...more would be 2.5 x Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone
  • Mass of a large watermelon (10 kg)...more would be 1/2 of Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone
  • Mass of Double Bass (10 kg)...more would be 1/2 of Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone
  • Mass of Tuba (10 kg)...more would be 1/2 of Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone
  • Mass of a pickaxe (4 kg)...more would be 1/5 of Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone
  • Mass of a regulation womens' shot (in the shot put athletics event) (4 kg)...more would be 1/5 of Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone

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