SortStack #3276 — 2035-05-29

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. A compact disc 15 g

   A CD's spiral data track is less than a micrometer wide and would stretch about five kilometers if unwound.

3. An official MLB baseball 145 g

   Every game ball is hand-rubbed with mud from a secret spot on a New Jersey riverbank to take off the factory gloss.

4. An adult red fox 5.2 kg

   Red foxes may use Earth's magnetic field to aim their famous pouncing dives — they prefer striking toward the northeast.

5. A Steinway concert grand piano 480 kg

   Each Steinway Model D takes about a year to build and contains over 12,000 individual parts.

6. The steel arch of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 39K t

   The arch rises and falls up to 18 cm with temperature swings; locals affectionately call the bridge 'the Coathanger'.

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