SortStack #1099 — 2029-06-12

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 ruby-throated hummingbird 4 g

   It crosses the Gulf of Mexico nonstop — about 800 km — burning nearly half its body fat in a single 20-hour flight.

3. A McDonald's Big Mac 220 g

   The Economist uses Big Mac prices to compare currency values worldwide — the famously tongue-in-cheek 'Big Mac Index'.

4. A whole pineapple 1.2 kg

   Pineapples take nearly two years to grow, and each plant produces just one fruit at a time.

5. A Steinway concert grand piano 480 kg

   Each Steinway Model D takes about a year to build and contains over 12,000 individual parts.

6. A Holstein dairy cow 680 kg

   A productive dairy cow gives about 30 liters of milk a day — and burps enough methane to matter in climate accounting.

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