SortStack #1609 — 2030-11-04

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A credit card 8.6 cm

   Every card's dimensions follow a global standard so it fits machines from Tokyo to Toronto.

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 standard house brick 22.5 cm

   Fired clay bricks have been made the same basic way for over 5,000 years, outlasting the empires that baked them.

4. The Burj Khalifa, Dubai 828 m

   It is so tall that people on the ground floor can watch the sunset, then ride up and watch it set a second time.

5. 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.

6. The River Danube (length) 2.9K km

   It flows through more countries than any other river in the world, passing four national capitals on its way.

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