SortStack #3058 — 2034-10-23

By size · Order from shortest to longest.

1. A ladybird beetle 1 cm

   A single ladybird can eat 5,000 aphids in its lifetime, making it a gardener's favourite predator.

2. A concert grand piano 2.7 m

   A grand piano's strings pull with a combined tension of around 20 tonnes, held by a single cast-iron frame.

3. The Eiffel Tower 330 m

   It grows up to 15 centimetres taller in summer because the iron expands in the heat.

4. Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 5.9 km

   You can walk from tropical jungle to arctic glaciers on its slopes, passing through five climate zones in days.

5. The island of Crete (length) 260 km

   Home to Europe's oldest known city, Crete's Minoan palaces had running water and flushing toilets 3,500 years ago.

6. The Trans-Canada Highway (length) 7.8K km

   One of the world's longest national roads, it stretches across six time zones from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

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