SortStack #1953 — 2031-10-14

By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.

1. A standard steel paperclip 1 g

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

2. A capybara, the world's largest rodent 50 kg

   Capybaras are so famously chill that birds, monkeys, and even crocodilians perch and lounge on them like furniture.

3. An adult male giraffe 1.2 t

   A giraffe's heart generates about double the blood pressure of most mammals to push blood two meters up its neck to the brain.

4. An M1 Abrams main battle tank 62 t

   Despite the bulk it tops 65 km/h, powered by a jet-style gas turbine engine that can run on almost any fuel.

5. A Nimitz-class aircraft carrier 100K t

   A floating city of about 5,000 people, it can sail more than 20 years between refuelings of its nuclear reactors.

6. The Burj Khalifa in Dubai 500K t

   The world's tallest building is tall enough to watch the sunset at the base, ride the elevator up, and watch it set again.

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