SortStack #2505 — 2033-04-18
By size · Order from shortest to longest.
- An almond 2.4 cm
Almonds are seeds of a fruit related to peaches, and raw bitter ones naturally contain traces of cyanide.
- A sperm whale 16 m
Its head holds the largest brain of any animal that has ever lived, weighing about as much as a small person.
- The Great Pyramid of Giza 139 m
It was the tallest human-made structure on Earth for nearly 3,800 years until medieval cathedrals surpassed it.
- Lake Geneva (length) 73 km
Shared by Switzerland and France, its waters take over a decade to fully cycle through and renew.
- New Zealand's South Island (length) 840 km
It is home to fewer than two million people but more than ten times as many sheep.
- The Trans-Canada Highway (length) 7.8K km
One of the world's longest national roads, it stretches across six time zones from the Atlantic to the Pacific.