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Mass of Empire State Building

Mass of Empire State Building (331 million kg)

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Mass of Empire State Building (331 million kg)

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

If this was a standard unit ...

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