SortStack #3168 — 2035-02-10
By duration · Order from shortest to longest.
- A standard television commercial 30 sec
A single Super Bowl slot of this length has sold for over US$7 million — more than US$230,000 per second of airtime.
- A typical national anthem performance at a sports event 1.5 min
Uruguay's full anthem runs about five minutes, while Japan's 'Kimigayo' has just four lines — the shortest lyrics of any anthem on Earth.
- Holi, the Hindu festival of colours 2 days
It opens with the Holika bonfire at night and erupts into colour-throwing the next day — the powders were traditionally made from flowers and herbs.
- Randy Gardner's world record for staying awake 11 days
The 17-year-old's 1964 science-fair stunt of 11 sleepless days still stands — Guinness stopped certifying attempts as too dangerous.
- One year on Mercury (a full orbit of the Sun) 88 days
Mercury's spin is so slow that a single sunrise-to-sunrise day there lasts about two of its years — you could outwalk its sunset.
- The age of the Lascaux cave paintings 17K years
Four teenagers and a dog named Robot found the caves in 1940 — visitor breath damaged the art so badly that today tourists see a replica.