> Barber explained, it can be compared to a single string of spaghetti holding up 3,000 half-kilogram bags of sugar.<p>Heh. So... it can hold 3,000 things that weigh a half-kilogram? Also known as 1,500 kilograms.<p>What is it with the BBC's hilarious units of comparison? It has clearly become some sort of journalistic inside joke.