SortStack #1833 — 2031-06-16
By size · Order from shortest to longest.
- A tennis ball 6.7 cm
Tennis balls are pressurised with gas and slowly go flat, which is why fresh cans hiss when opened.
- A Bengal tiger (body length) 2.1 m
A tiger's roar can be heard up to three kilometres away and carries frequencies low enough to paralyse prey with fear.
- 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.
- 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.
- Veryovkina Cave (depth) 2.2 km
The deepest known cave on Earth, explorers need weeks underground to reach its bottom and climb back out.
- Mount Olympus, Greece 2.9 km
Mythical home of the Greek gods, its peak was not officially climbed by humans until 1913.