SortStack #1301 — 2029-12-31

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A golf ball 4.3 cm

   A golf ball has 300 to 500 dimples; they cut drag and roughly double how far a struck ball will fly.

2. A French baguette 63 cm

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

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. The River Rhine (length) 1.2K km

   It has been a vital trade highway since Roman times, still carrying more cargo than any other river in Europe.

5. The Mississippi River (length) 3.7K km

   A raindrop falling at its source takes about 90 days to drift all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico.

6. The Amazon River (length) 6.4K km

   It discharges so much water that it freshens the Atlantic Ocean more than 100 kilometres out from its mouth.

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