SortStack #573 — 2028-01-03

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A roasted coffee bean 8.5 mm

   A coffee 'bean' is actually the seed of a cherry-like fruit that grows on shrubs near the equator.

2. A ladybird beetle 1 cm

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

3. An orca (killer whale) 8 m

   Orcas have distinct dialects passed down through families, essentially regional accents that differ between pods.

4. The Statue of Liberty (heel to torch) 47 m

   Her copper skin turned green over decades as the metal oxidised; she was originally a shiny reddish-brown.

5. The Millau Viaduct, France 2.5 km

   The tallest bridge in the world, its deck sometimes sits above the clouds that fill the valley below.

6. 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.

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