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Old 12-04-2013, 01:31 PM
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Default FWIW... some common metric weights
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Originally Posted by mrsD View Post
One gram is a tiny amount.
From the (mostly) useless trivia rattling around in Doc's head since childhood:

A small (~1¼" - ~1⅜") paperclip weighs ~1 gram (range: 0.6 - 1.4 grams; average: 0.9 grams).
A restaurant packet of sweetener weighs ~2 grams.
A restaurant packet of sugar weighs ~3 grams (Domino's® weigh 3.54 grams; McDonald's® weigh ~4 grams)*.
A penny (U.S.) weighs 2.500 grams (when minted)
A nickel (U.S.) weighs 5.000 grams (when minted)

*They've been upsized since I was a kid.

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