SortStack #455 — 2027-09-07
By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.
- An iPhone 15 Pro 187 g
Its titanium frame is the same alloy grade used in spacecraft and joint implants, trimming heft from earlier steel models.
- A large cast-iron skillet 2.5 kg
Well-seasoned cast iron is essentially a natural nonstick polymer baked onto metal; some American pans have been in daily use since the 1800s.
- A whole Thanksgiving turkey 7.5 kg
Wild turkeys can fly at up to 90 km/h in short bursts; the broad-breasted domestic birds on holiday tables cannot fly at all.
- A full backyard barbecue propane tank 17 kg
The familiar grill tank stores propane as a liquid; on a hot summer day the pressure inside can roughly triple.
- A Harley-Davidson Road King motorcycle 365 kg
Harley once tried to trademark its V-twin engine's 'potato-potato' exhaust rumble, then dropped the case in 2000.
- The Eiffel Tower 10.1K t
The iron grows in summer: heat expands the sun-facing side, leaning the top away from the sun and adding around 15 cm of height.