SortStack #1768 — 2031-04-12
By duration · Order from shortest to longest.
- One heartbeat of a hummingbird in flight 48 ms
Hummingbird hearts can hit 1,260 beats per minute in flight, then crash to about 50 at night when the bird enters a hibernation-like torpor.
- a-ha's 'Take On Me' 3.8 min
The Norwegian band recorded it three times before it became a hit — the famous pencil-sketch video took 16 weeks of rotoscoping by hand.
- Holi, the Hindu festival of colours 2 days
It opens with the Holika bonfire at night and erupts into colour-throwing the next day — the powders were traditionally made from flowers and herbs.
- A horse's pregnancy 340 days
Foals can stand within an hour of birth and gallop within a day — a survival feature for a prey animal born on open grassland.
- The Siege of Leningrad in World War II 2.4 years
Through the blockade, scientists at the city's seed bank starved to death rather than eat their collection of edible seeds and potatoes.
- The filming of Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' 11.4 years
The same cast reunited for a few days each year so the actors aged in real time — the lead grew from age six to eighteen on screen.