Kilo prototype mysteriously loses weight
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070912/ap_on_re_eu/shrinking_kilogram
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pedant: weight is not mass
“50 micrograms is roughly equivalent to the weight of a fingerprint.”
Which is slightly heavier than the breath of a unicorn but not as heavy as a fairies wing.
I think what he means is that if you weighed the ink used in making someone’s fingerprint, it’d weigh approximately 50 micrograms