SortStack #2778 — 2034-01-16

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A grain of rice 7 mm

   Rice feeds more than half the planet, and a single plant can yield thousands of these grains.

2. 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.

3. Aconcagua, Argentina 7 km

   The highest peak outside Asia, it can be hiked to the summit without ropes, yet thin air still kills climbers.

4. The Strait of Gibraltar (narrowest width) 14.4 km

   It is so narrow that on a clear day you can see Africa from Europe across the water.

5. The cruising altitude of Concorde 18 km

   Concorde flew so high that passengers could see the curvature of the Earth and the dark of space above.

6. The Mississippi River (length) 3.7K km

   A raindrop falling at its source takes about 90 days to drift all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico.

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