SortStack #440 — 2027-08-23

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A single grain of pollen 40 µm

   Pollen grains have survived intact for millions of years, letting scientists reconstruct ancient forests from lake-bed sediment.

2. A golf ball 4.3 cm

   A golf ball has 300 to 500 dimples; they cut drag and roughly double how far a struck ball will fly.

3. A standard wine bottle 30 cm

   The 750ml bottle size is often linked to the lung capacity of a glassblower's single breath.

4. A reticulated python 6.6 m

   The world's longest snake, it kills by constriction, tightening with every breath its prey exhales.

5. A wooden utility pole 18.5 m

   Most are pressure-treated with preservatives so they can stand outdoors for 40 years or more without rotting.

6. 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.

← All puzzles · Play today’s SortStack