SortStack #2176 — 2032-05-24

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A ten-pin bowling pin 38 cm

   Pins are coated in tough plastic and weigh just enough to scatter dramatically yet stand back up reliably.

2. An acoustic guitar 99 cm

   The guitar's hollow body acts as an amplifier, resonating the strings' vibration into the air around it.

3. A classic Volkswagen Beetle 4.1 m

   The Beetle stayed in production for over 65 years, making it one of the longest-running car designs ever.

4. A giant sequoia (tallest) 89 m

   These trees can live over 3,000 years, and their thick bark resists fire that clears competing plants away.

5. The International Space Station 109 m

   Orbiting Earth roughly every 90 minutes, its crew sees about 16 sunrises and sunsets every single day.

6. The Empire State Building 443 m

   It was built in just 410 days during the Great Depression, rising about a floor a day at peak speed.

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