SortStack #2702 — 2033-11-01
By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.
- A brilliant-cut one-carat diamond 200 mg
The carat unit comes from carob seeds, which ancient gem traders used as counterweights on their balance scales.
- A modern US penny 2.5 g
Pennies have been mostly zinc since 1982 — only the thin outer coating is actually copper.
- An adult Chihuahua 1.8 kg
The world's smallest dog breed is named after a Mexican state and descends from the Techichi, a companion dog of the Toltecs.
- A whole Thanksgiving turkey 7.5 kg
Wild turkeys can fly at up to 90 km/h in short bursts; the broad-breasted domestic birds on holiday tables cannot fly at all.
- A standard Good Delivery gold bar, the kind in bank vaults 12.4 kg
Smaller than a brick yet heavier than most pet dogs — gold is so dense this bar would fit in a shoebox with room to spare.
- An adult Tyrannosaurus rex 8.5 t
'Sue', the most complete T. rex ever found, sold at auction in 1997 for $8.4 million and now has its own social media accounts.