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by lisper 3657 days ago
Indeed. And to put that into perspective:

"The amount of matter converted to energy in the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was about 700 milligrams, less than one-third the mass of a U.S. dime."

(From http://discovermagazine.com/2010/jul-aug/24-numbers-nuclear-...)