SortStack #2940 — 2034-06-27

By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.

1. A single sesame seed 3 mg

   Sesame is one of humanity's oldest oil crops, domesticated in South Asia more than 3,000 years ago.

2. An Etruscan shrew, the world's smallest mammal by mass 1.8 g

   Its heart beats up to 1,500 times a minute, and it must eat about twice its body weight in insects every single day.

3. A modern US penny 2.5 g

   Pennies have been mostly zinc since 1982 — only the thin outer coating is actually copper.

4. The FIFA World Cup Trophy 6.2 kg

   Winners only keep a gold-plated replica; the 18-karat original stays with FIFA and gets each champion engraved on its base.

5. The London Eye observation wheel 2.1K t

   It was meant to stand for just five years when it opened in 2000; instead it became the UK's most popular paid attraction.

6. The Motherland Calls statue in Volgograd, Russia 8K t

   Twice the height of the Statue of Liberty, sword included, she is not anchored to her base — held in place by gravity alone.

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