SortStack #2022 — 2031-12-22

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A common garden ant 5 mm

   Ants can lift objects many times their own weight thanks to their tiny size and the physics of scale.

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. 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.

4. The Great Pyramid of Giza 139 m

   It was the tallest human-made structure on Earth for nearly 3,800 years until medieval cathedrals surpassed it.

5. The Eiffel Tower 330 m

   It grows up to 15 centimetres taller in summer because the iron expands in the heat.

6. The River Danube (length) 2.9K km

   It flows through more countries than any other river in the world, passing four national capitals on its way.

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