SortStack #3045 — 2034-10-10
By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.
- A single kernel of corn 300 mg
Each kernel is botanically a complete fruit, and a typical ear carries an even number of rows — most often sixteen.
- 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.
- A one-euro coin 7.5 g
Its two-metal design is not just style — the distinct layers give vending machines an electromagnetic signature to verify.
- A liter of water 1 kg
The kilogram was originally defined in the 1790s as the mass of exactly this much water — the tie was only fully broken in 2019.
- A Holstein dairy cow 680 kg
A productive dairy cow gives about 30 liters of milk a day — and burps enough methane to matter in climate accounting.
- A fully equipped fire engine 18 t
Around 2,000 liters of onboard water account for a chunk of the heft — plus ladders, hoses, and hydraulic rescue tools.