SortStack #1197 — 2029-09-18

By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.

1. A western honeybee worker 100 mg

   To make one jar of honey, a hive's bees collectively fly a distance equal to about three orbits of the Earth.

2. A one-euro coin 7.5 g

   Its two-metal design is not just style — the distinct layers give vending machines an electromagnetic signature to verify.

3. A whole Thanksgiving turkey 7.5 kg

   Wild turkeys can fly at up to 90 km/h in short bursts; the broad-breasted domestic birds on holiday tables cannot fly at all.

4. An adult Dalmatian 25 kg

   Dalmatian puppies are born completely white; their famous spots only appear after a few weeks.

5. 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.

6. The Empire State Building 331K t

   Built in just 410 days during the Depression, it sat so empty at first that New Yorkers dubbed it the 'Empty State Building'.

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