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[–] Soulg@ani.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not sure if it's a hard weight or just guesstimate to illustrate its heavy, but I always heard that a teaspoon would weigh as much as a city

[–] vfsh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A quick search just told me that it's been hypothesized that a teaspoon of it would weigh around 10 billion tons on Earth

[–] Osnapitsjoey@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Damn! How much does that weigh in feathers?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yep. Or a mountain, something like that.