5 FACTS AND CURIOSITIES IN WEIGHT

Do you like to find our interesting new facts – even if a little random? We do too! So, as experts on weighing, we made a list with 5 facts and curiosities in weight. Discover them.

At Balanças Marques, we believe that knowledge has weight on the lives of everyone. And, as we are passionate about weighing, we have to share with 5 facts and curiosities in weight.

Take a look at our list and, who knows, you may excel yourself on the next quiz show just for knowing any of these random facts:

1.    In average, a person consumes over a ton of food and drink each year.
Did you expect this one? We confess we didn’t think a single person was able to eat and drink as much. 

2.    It’s estimated there are over 14 million microplastics in the bottom of the oceans. 
This is one of those facts that should make us think. In a world with much information, we have to use to, for example, reduce our weight over the environment.

3.    Statue of Liberty weighs over 225 tons.
Did you know about this? With a total height of 92,9 meters, this monument that became an icon of New York and the United States of America was an offer from France. 

4.    A person who weighs 45kg on Earth would only weigh about 17kg on Mars.
Why? Because weight is related to gravity. And that is different even on different locations of our planet and, of course, throughout the galaxy.

5.    On average, a person sheds 7kg of skin per year.
Maybe this is one of those facts on the human body you rather not know. But truth is some studies indicate this is the weight of the skin we shed throughout 1 year.

Now tell us: did you know all these facts? Which one has surprised you the most?  

Read the article “Some interesting (and random) facts about scales and weighing” for more curiosities and explore the whole blog to become an expert on weighing.