SortStack #2288 — 2032-09-13

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A jelly bean 1.8 cm

   Making a single jelly bean takes up to two weeks, mostly to build and harden the layered candy shell.

2. A credit card 8.6 cm

   Every card's dimensions follow a global standard so it fits machines from Tokyo to Toronto.

3. The Washington Monument 165 m

   Look closely and the stone changes shade partway up, marking where construction paused for over 20 years.

4. Veryovkina Cave (depth) 2.2 km

   The deepest known cave on Earth, explorers need weeks underground to reach its bottom and climb back out.

5. The Strait of Gibraltar (narrowest width) 14.4 km

   It is so narrow that on a clear day you can see Africa from Europe across the water.

6. Lake Baikal (length) 636 km

   The world's deepest lake holds about a fifth of all the planet's unfrozen fresh water.

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