Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by CupOfJava 3244 days ago
This article coincidentally is an exception! A ton is the right order of magnitude:

The US Treasury says that $1 million in $100 bills weights 22 lbs[1].

The $115 million that they raised in the last few months would weigh about 2200 lbs.

[1] http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=441929

edit: grammar

1 comments

Epic win on the weight conversion :-)