SortStack #1371 — 2030-03-11

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A honeybee 1.3 cm

   A honeybee beats its wings about 230 times per second, which is what gives it that distinctive buzz.

2. A new wooden pencil 18 cm

   A single pencil can draw a line roughly 56 kilometres long before the graphite runs out.

3. A banana 26 cm

   The banana you eat is a sterile clone; nearly all exported ones are a single variety called the Cavendish.

4. A reticulated python 6.6 m

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

5. An orca (killer whale) 8 m

   Orcas have distinct dialects passed down through families, essentially regional accents that differ between pods.

6. A Boeing 737 airliner 34 m

   The 737 is the best-selling jet airliner in history, with one taking off somewhere on Earth every few seconds.

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