SortStack #651 — 2028-03-21
By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.
- A 16-inch MacBook Pro 2.2 kg
Apple's obsession with grams runs deep: the original 1989 Macintosh Portable weighed more than three of these.
- 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 whole wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese 38 kg
Italian banks accept aging Parmesan wheels as loan collateral, storing thousands of them in climate-controlled vaults.
- An adult male African lion 190 kg
A lion's roar can be heard up to 8 km away, thanks to uniquely flat, square-shaped vocal folds.
- The London Eye observation wheel 2.1K t
It was meant to stand for just five years when it opened in 2000; instead it became the UK's most popular paid attraction.
- The CN Tower in Toronto 117.9K t
It held the title of world's tallest free-standing structure for 32 years, and its glass floor was the world's first.