SortStack #2167 — 2032-05-15

By duration · Order from shortest to longest.

The film 'Gone with the Wind', with overture and intermission 4 h

Still the longest film ever to win Best Picture — and adjusted for inflation, it remains the highest-grossing film of all time.
The construction of the Empire State Building 1.1 years

Crews added roughly four and a half storeys per week, finishing ahead of schedule and under budget during the Great Depression.
The reign of Queen Elizabeth II 70.5 years

Her 70 years and 214 days saw 15 UK prime ministers, from Churchill to Truss — she appointed the last one two days before she died.
The Hundred Years' War between England and France 116.6 years

Despite the name, it lasted 116 years (1337-1453), punctuated by long truces — and technically England and France stayed at war on paper even longer.
The Romanov dynasty's rule over Russia 304 years

It began with a 16-year-old reluctantly accepting the throne in 1613 and ended 304 years later with Nicholas II's abdication in 1917.
The time humans have lived in Australia 65K years

Aboriginal Australians' roughly 65,000 years make theirs the oldest continuous culture on Earth — some oral histories describe coastlines drowned by rising seas 10,000 years ago.