SortStack #1455 — 2030-06-03
By size · Order from shortest to longest.
- A human red blood cell 8 µm
Your body makes around 2 million of them every second to replace the ones that wear out after roughly 120 days.
- A Brachiosaurus (length) 22 m
It held its neck high like a giraffe, possibly needing a heart of enormous power to pump blood up to its brain.
- The Taj Mahal 73 m
Its white marble appears to change colour through the day, glowing pink at dawn and golden under moonlight.
- The Great Pyramid of Giza 139 m
It was the tallest human-made structure on Earth for nearly 3,800 years until medieval cathedrals surpassed it.
- The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (main span) 1.3 km
Its towers are slightly farther apart at the top than the bottom because they must follow Earth's curvature.
- Lake Geneva (length) 73 km
Shared by Switzerland and France, its waters take over a decade to fully cycle through and renew.