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Of course, they haven't measured it since the 1960s because the body heat of a scientist going in to measure it changes it a little bit.



However or whenever they measure the prototype kilogram, it weighs[0] exactly 1kg by definition.

[0] Well, not any more as the kilogram was redefined in 2019




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