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The name for a small rock added to letters to make a ton is a "pebble."
Oh, dude, a small rock that you can add two letters to and make it ton? That's easy, it's a pebble! You just slap on a "t" and an "o," and boom, you've got yourself a ton. It's like magic, but with letters.
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One metric ton weighs 1000kilograms.
No four-letter English word ends with the letters "ton" apart from the English school Eton.
Eleven states have exactly eight letters in their names.
In the United Kingdom, the ton is measured at 2,240 pounds. This is equivalent to the United States long ton, as opposed to the short ton which is 2000 pounds.
A short ton, known in the United States simply as the "ton", is equal to 2,000 pounds (907.18 kilograms). The SI unit of measurement, the metric ton, or tonne, is 1,000 kilograms(2,204.62 pounds). The metric ton was introduced in 1960 to standardize measurements. Since the introduction of the metric system, the short ton is rarely used outside of the United States.
Acording the tons produced in 2009, the list is as follows:Chile (5,320,000 ton)United States (1,310,000 ton)Perú (1,260,000 ton)China (960,000 ton)Australia (900,000 ton)
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There are three different types of tons.... A metric ton is 2204.623 pounds. A short ton, the ton used in the United States, is 2000 pounds. A long ton, the ton used in Great Britain, is 2240 pounds.