I have no flesh, no organs, and no skin, yet I weigh two thousand pounds if you take my last three letters away. What rattling body structure am I?
A skeleton
A body structure made purely of bones with no flesh or organs is a skeleton. The last three letters of the word 'skeleton' spell out 'ton,' which is a standard unit of measurement equal to two thousand pounds.
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