SortStack #454 — 2027-09-06

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A ladybird beetle 1 cm

   A single ladybird can eat 5,000 aphids in its lifetime, making it a gardener's favourite predator.

2. 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.

3. A cheetah (body length) 1.2 m

   A cheetah's spine works like a spring, flexing so much that its stride can cover seven metres at full sprint.

4. The Great Barrier Reef (length) 2.3K km

   It is the largest living structure on Earth, built by tiny coral animals and visible from space.

5. Chile (length) 4.4K km

   So long and thin it spans 38 degrees of latitude, from the driest desert on Earth to icy glaciers in the south.

6. The Trans-Siberian Railway (length) 9.3K km

   The longest railway on Earth, a single trip from Moscow to Vladivostok takes about seven days without stopping.

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