SortStack #868 — 2028-10-24

By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.

1. A single grain of table salt 60 µg

   Salt crystals are near-perfect cubes because sodium and chloride ions lock into a rigid lattice — about a million grains fit in one cup.

2. A single drop of water 50 mg

   Pharmacists standardized the 'drop' centuries ago: twenty drops make roughly one milliliter.

3. An adult giant panda 110 kg

   Pandas spend up to 14 hours a day eating bamboo because they digest only about a fifth of what they swallow.

4. An adult male western lowland gorilla 160 kg

   Silverbacks are several times stronger than a fit human, yet they eat almost nothing but plants and the occasional termite.

5. 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.

6. A fully loaded Triple-E class container ship 250K t

   It hauls around 18,000 containers with a crew of only about 22 — fewer people than a fast-food restaurant shift.

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