SortStack #1806 — 2031-05-20

By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.

1. An unfed female mosquito 2.5 mg

   After a full blood meal a mosquito can double or even triple her weight — and still fly away with the loot.

2. A standard steel paperclip 1 g

   During WWII, Norwegians wore paperclips on their lapels as a quiet symbol of resistance against occupation.

3. A whole wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese 38 kg

   Italian banks accept aging Parmesan wheels as loan collateral, storing thousands of them in climate-controlled vaults.

4. An adult male Asian elephant 4 t

   You can tell it from its African cousin by the much smaller ears and the twin domes on its forehead.

5. The International Space Station 420 t

   Assembled over 42 flights, it circles Earth 16 times a day at 28,000 km/h, so its crew sees 16 sunrises daily.

6. The RMS Titanic 52K t

   Each of her giant anchors needed a team of 20 horses to haul through the streets of Belfast to the shipyard.

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