SortStack #713 — 2028-05-22

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A black peppercorn 4 mm

   Pepper was once so valuable it was used as currency and accepted to pay rent and taxes in medieval Europe.

2. A classic incandescent light bulb 11 cm

   Its glowing filament reaches around 2,500 degrees Celsius, yet wastes most of its energy as heat, not light.

3. An average adult human 1.8 m

   Humans have grown roughly 10 centimetres taller on average over the past 150 years thanks to better nutrition.

4. The RMS Titanic 269 m

   When launched she was the largest moving man-made object on Earth, longer than most city blocks of the day.

5. The island of Crete (length) 260 km

   Home to Europe's oldest known city, Crete's Minoan palaces had running water and flushing toilets 3,500 years ago.

6. Great Britain, Land's End to John o' Groats 970 km

   The classic end-to-end journey covers roughly 1,400 kilometres by road, a favourite challenge for cyclists and walkers.

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