SortStack #1616 — 2030-11-11

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A single E. coli bacterium 2 µm

   About 2 micrometres long, E. coli divides every 20 minutes, so one cell can become billions inside a single day.

2. A banana 26 cm

   The banana you eat is a sterile clone; nearly all exported ones are a single variety called the Cavendish.

3. An acoustic guitar 99 cm

   The guitar's hollow body acts as an amplifier, resonating the strings' vibration into the air around it.

4. The Statue of Liberty (heel to torch) 47 m

   Her copper skin turned green over decades as the metal oxidised; she was originally a shiny reddish-brown.

5. The Channel Tunnel 50.5 km

   Trains run through three parallel tubes beneath the seabed, with a smaller service tunnel between them for safety.

6. The diameter of the Earth 12.7K km

   Despite feeling enormous, Earth is smoother than a billiard ball when you compare its bumps to its size.

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