SortStack #3178 — 2035-02-20

By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.

1. A single grain of table salt 60 µg

   Salt crystals are near-perfect cubes because sodium and chloride ions lock into a rigid lattice — about a million grains fit in one cup.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. The Empire State Building 331K t

   Built in just 410 days during the Depression, it sat so empty at first that New Yorkers dubbed it the 'Empty State Building'.

5. The supertanker Seawise Giant, fully loaded 650K t

   The longest ship ever built could not transit the Suez or Panama canals — or even the English Channel — when fully laden.

6. The Great Pyramid of Giza 5.8M t

   Roughly 2.3 million stone blocks were stacked over about 20 years — averaging a block placed every few minutes of every workday.

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