SortStack #2512 — 2033-04-25
By size · Order from shortest to longest.
- A sesame seed 3 mm
Sesame is one of the oldest oilseed crops, cultivated for more than 3,000 years across Africa and Asia.
- A new wooden pencil 18 cm
A single pencil can draw a line roughly 56 kilometres long before the graphite runs out.
- A Bengal tiger (body length) 2.1 m
A tiger's roar can be heard up to three kilometres away and carries frequencies low enough to paralyse prey with fear.
- The Statue of Liberty (heel to torch) 47 m
Her copper skin turned green over decades as the metal oxidised; she was originally a shiny reddish-brown.
- Veryovkina Cave (depth) 2.2 km
The deepest known cave on Earth, explorers need weeks underground to reach its bottom and climb back out.
- The Millau Viaduct, France 2.5 km
The tallest bridge in the world, its deck sometimes sits above the clouds that fill the valley below.