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Stick of Butter

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Stick of Butter

Half a cup of pure, unapologetic fat/Food & Drinks

A standard US stick of butter is 113 grams (4 oz / half cup) and measures about 121 mm long. It's roughly 80% milk fat, 15% water, and 5% milk solids. Butter has been a dietary staple for at least 4,000 years, and it remains the single most important ingredient in making anything taste better.

Measurements

Mass1.1 tenths kg
1.2 tenthsBags of sugar
113 quadrillionVirus weights
565 millionthsMotorcycles

One US stick = 4 oz = 113 g

Length1.2 tenths m
1.6 tenthsCello lengths
4 tenthsLight-nanoseconds
6.7 hundredthsBookcase heights

Standard US stick, about 4.75 inches

Volume125 millionths m³
3.5 tenthsCans of Coke
3.8 millionthsShipping containers

Half a cup, or 125 mL

Cross-section width3.2 hundredths m
7.3 tenthsWine cork lengths
70.8 millionthsPetronas Tower heights
13.2 billionCompton wavelengths

About 1.25 inches

Cross-section height3.2 hundredths m
3.2 tenthsPine cone lengths
2Dice edges

Roughly square cross-section

Caloric energy3.4 million J
3.4 thousandthsLightning bolts
53.8 billionthsHiroshima blasts
338,900Door slams

About 810 kcal per stick; no regrets

Melting point305 K
8.5 tenthsSaunas
1.26Arctic winters
9.8 tenthsBody temperatures

About 32°C / 90°F

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