SortStack #797 — 2028-08-14

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A sesame seed 3 mm

   Sesame is one of the oldest oilseed crops, cultivated for more than 3,000 years across Africa and Asia.

2. A new wooden pencil 18 cm

   A single pencil can draw a line roughly 56 kilometres long before the graphite runs out.

3. A French baguette 63 cm

   French law defines the traditional baguette so strictly it can contain only flour, water, salt and yeast.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (main span) 1.3 km

   Its towers are slightly farther apart at the top than the bottom because they must follow Earth's curvature.

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