SortStack #1595 — 2030-10-21

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A black peppercorn 4 mm

   Pepper was once so valuable it was used as currency and accepted to pay rent and taxes in medieval Europe.

2. A skateboard 79 cm

   The kicktail that makes tricks possible was a 1970s accident that turned skating into an aerial sport.

3. A one-person kayak 3.4 m

   The kayak was invented by Arctic peoples thousands of years ago, sealed with animal skin to stay watertight.

4. The Eiffel Tower 330 m

   It grows up to 15 centimetres taller in summer because the iron expands in the heat.

5. Angel Falls, Venezuela 979 m

   The world's tallest waterfall is so high the water often atomises into mist before it ever reaches the ground.

6. The island of Crete (length) 260 km

   Home to Europe's oldest known city, Crete's Minoan palaces had running water and flushing toilets 3,500 years ago.

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