SortStack #1568 — 2030-09-24
By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.
- 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.
- A Thoroughbred racehorse 570 kg
At full gallop a racehorse's heart pumps roughly 240 liters of blood per minute — ten times its resting rate.
- The Liberty Bell 943 kg
Its famous crack was widened on purpose — an 1846 repair meant to stop the fracture instead ruined the bell's tone for good.
- A classic yellow American school bus 11 t
The exact yellow is a legal standard from 1939, chosen because black lettering on it reads fastest in dim morning light.
- ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer 27 t
Its 17,468 vacuum tubes filled a huge room in 1945. The phone in your pocket is literally billions of times faster.
- The London Eye observation wheel 2.1K t
It was meant to stand for just five years when it opened in 2000; instead it became the UK's most popular paid attraction.