SortStack #13 — 2026-06-22
By size · Order from shortest to longest.
- A jelly bean 1.8 cm
Making a single jelly bean takes up to two weeks, mostly to build and harden the layered candy shell.
- A French baguette 63 cm
French law defines the traditional baguette so strictly it can contain only flour, water, salt and yeast.
- The Brooklyn Bridge (total length) 1.8 km
When it opened in 1883, a stampede fearing collapse killed twelve people; a circus later marched elephants across to prove its strength.
- The cruising altitude of Concorde 18 km
Concorde flew so high that passengers could see the curvature of the Earth and the dark of space above.
- The Amazon River (length) 6.4K km
It discharges so much water that it freshens the Atlantic Ocean more than 100 kilometres out from its mouth.
- The Trans-Canada Highway (length) 7.8K km
One of the world's longest national roads, it stretches across six time zones from the Atlantic to the Pacific.