SortStack #2491 — 2033-04-04

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A roasted coffee bean 8.5 mm

   A coffee 'bean' is actually the seed of a cherry-like fruit that grows on shrubs near the equator.

2. A domestic cat (body length) 49 cm

   A cat has 32 muscles in each ear, letting it swivel them independently to pinpoint a sound's source.

3. A Boeing 737 airliner 34 m

   The 737 is the best-selling jet airliner in history, with one taking off somewhere on Earth every few seconds.

4. 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.

5. The Mariana Trench (depth) 11 km

   If Everest were dropped into it, the peak would still sit more than two kilometres below the surface.

6. The Panama Canal 85 km

   Ships are lifted 26 metres above sea level by locks, then lowered again, crossing a continent without touching the ocean between.

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