SortStack #1427 — 2030-05-06

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A roasted coffee bean 8.5 mm

   A coffee 'bean' is actually the seed of a cherry-like fruit that grows on shrubs near the equator.

2. A Bengal tiger (body length) 2.1 m

   A tiger's roar can be heard up to three kilometres away and carries frequencies low enough to paralyse prey with fear.

3. The Empire State Building 443 m

   It was built in just 410 days during the Great Depression, rising about a floor a day at peak speed.

4. Mount Everest 8.8 km

   Its summit is made of marine limestone, lifted from an ancient seabed, so the top of the world was once underwater.

5. The English Channel (narrowest crossing) 33.8 km

   The first person to swim it, in 1875, took nearly 22 hours and slathered himself in porpoise grease for warmth.

6. 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.

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