SortStack #2471 — 2033-03-15
By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.
- A single grain of table salt 60 µg
Salt crystals are near-perfect cubes because sodium and chloride ions lock into a rigid lattice — about a million grains fit in one cup.
- A whole wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese 38 kg
Italian banks accept aging Parmesan wheels as loan collateral, storing thousands of them in climate-controlled vaults.
- An adult male western lowland gorilla 160 kg
Silverbacks are several times stronger than a fit human, yet they eat almost nothing but plants and the occasional termite.
- The Liberty Bell 943 kg
Its famous crack was widened on purpose — an 1846 repair meant to stop the fracture instead ruined the bell's tone for good.
- A classic yellow American school bus 11 t
The exact yellow is a legal standard from 1939, chosen because black lettering on it reads fastest in dim morning light.
- The International Space Station 420 t
Assembled over 42 flights, it circles Earth 16 times a day at 28,000 km/h, so its crew sees 16 sunrises daily.