Here's a couple more 'a million of...' calculations. The only reason I can do them is because they're so unsophisticated--they don't require any complicated equations or symbols.
A million ounces is 31 tons, or about the weight of five and a half large African bull elephants.
A million fluid ounces is enough to fill a 22-by-34-foot swimming pool to a uniform depth of five feet. Twice.
(And a million gallons? That's enough to fill two regulation Olympic swimming pools.)
A single gram weighs about as much as a paper clip. Multiply that by a million and it's the same weight as a vintage Volkswagen Beetle--carrying a driver, a passenger, a poodle, and groceries.
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