How many grains of sand can fit in your hand?
Wikipedia says that medium grain sand grain typically has a diameter of 0.5mm = 0.05cm. Let's ballpark and say they are cubes, so each grain has a volume of 1.25E-4 cubic centimeters. So, there are about 400,000 grains of sand in a handful. This answer would be very different or fine or course grain sand.

Random Factoid…. so either we have very course sand or we have less than a hand full of sand each Post.

Your scheme to steal castles from the beach paid off! You got 79 Thousand Grains of Sand!

You pry open an oyster. No pearl, but one grain of sand! Well, need more sand.

So much posting to do everywhere. -determined to do it all- ^_^

Can you believe people are just washing this stuff off!? You got 84 Thousand Grains of Sand!

DIRT! You got 57 th...wait, that doesn't count. Well, need more sand.

You feel weirdly sleepy for a moment. You got 67 Thousand Grains of Sand!

Like stealing candy from a baby...but easier, and less emotionally devastating. You got 78 Thousand Grains of Sand!

Sand. It's everywhere! Get used to it. You got 68 Thousand Grains of Sand!

You kick over a sandcastle! You got 74 Thousand Grains of Sand!

AH! A sandstorm! Wait... Awesome, a sandstorm! You got 85 Thousand Grains of Sand

My god, it's full of stars! ...And Sand. So much. You got 73 Thousand Grains of Sand!

Maybe there's a cactus growing in all this. You got 56 Thousand Grains of Sand!

Pretty sure there is.

Step 1: acquire sandstone. Step 2: remove the stone. You got 84 Thousand Grains of Sand!

"Three small, hard particles. Probably sand. Well, need more sand."

You delve deep in the sand mines hoping for a bigger boon in sand. You got 88 Thousand Grains of Sand!

Did you know if you dig through the first layer of sand, there's even more underneath!? You got 67 Thousand Grains of Sand!

You pry open an oyster. No pearl, but one grain of sand! Well, need more sand.

"AH! A sandstorm! Wait... Awesome, a sandstorm! You got 71 Thousand Grains of Sand!"

A great big pile of sand! You got 61 Thousand Grains of Sand!

You concentrate really hard, and a new message appears! ...But no sand. Well, need more sand.

My god, it's full of stars! ...And Sand. So much. You got 88 Thousand Grains of Sand!


..stars?

It's an old meme, but it checks out. The phrase is from the movie Space Odyssey (1968).

"Step 1: acquire sandstone. Step 2: remove the stone. You got 65 Thousand Grains of Sand!"

Nothing here but sugar. ;) Well, need more sand.

There's a hole in the pail! Now there are only 47 grains of sand left. Well, need more sand.

"Gross, sandy toes. You got 83 Thousand Grains of Sand!"

Cooler? More like sand transportation device. You got 70 Thousand Grains of Sand!

A great big pile of sand! You got 87 Thousand Grains of Sand!

"You concentrate really hard, and a new message appears! ...But no sand. Well, need more sand."
sad trombone sounds

Did you know if you dig through the first layer of sand, there's even more underneath!? You got 63 Thousand Grains of Sand!

For being a paradigm of ubiquity, this stuff isn't easy to find... Well, need more sand.

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You feel weirdly sleepy for a moment. You got 55 Thousand Grains of Sand!

AH! A sandstorm! Wait... Awesome, a sandstorm! You got 55 Thousand Grains of Sand!

No more sand. But I got a sweet "Thanks for posting!
Have a Teal Super Jumbo Planter Pot!"