SortStack #2813 — 2034-02-20

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A house dust mite 0.3 mm

   Millions live in the average mattress, feasting on flakes of dead skin, yet they are too small for the naked eye to see.

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 wooden utility pole 18.5 m

   Most are pressure-treated with preservatives so they can stand outdoors for 40 years or more without rotting.

4. Christ the Redeemer statue, Rio 40 m

   It is struck by lightning several times a year, and repair crews keep spare soapstone to patch the damage.

5. The Grand Canyon (length) 446 km

   The Colorado River carved it over millions of years, exposing rock layers nearly two billion years old at the bottom.

6. Chile (length) 4.4K km

   So long and thin it spans 38 degrees of latitude, from the driest desert on Earth to icy glaciers in the south.

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