SortStack #1161 — 2029-08-13

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A credit card 8.6 cm

   Every card's dimensions follow a global standard so it fits machines from Tokyo to Toronto.

2. A standard house brick 22.5 cm

   Fired clay bricks have been made the same basic way for over 5,000 years, outlasting the empires that baked them.

3. A concert grand piano 2.7 m

   A grand piano's strings pull with a combined tension of around 20 tonnes, held by a single cast-iron frame.

4. A reticulated python 6.6 m

   The world's longest snake, it kills by constriction, tightening with every breath its prey exhales.

5. The Leaning Tower of Pisa 58 m

   It began tilting during construction in the 1170s because of soft ground, and engineers only stabilised it in 2001.

6. Merdeka 118, Kuala Lumpur 679 m

   The second-tallest building on Earth, its faceted glass facade echoes patterns from traditional Malaysian crafts.

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