SortStack #3282 — 2035-06-04

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1. A sesame seed 3 mm

   Sesame is one of the oldest oilseed crops, cultivated for more than 3,000 years across Africa and Asia.

2. A standard paperclip 3.2 cm

   The familiar looped design, called the Gem clip, was never patented and has barely changed in over a century.

3. A tournament chess pawn 3.7 cm

   Regulation sets fix the pawn's height relative to the squares so pieces never crowd the board.

4. A hen's egg 5.5 cm

   An eggshell has up to 17,000 tiny pores that let the developing chick breathe through the surface.

5. A skateboard 79 cm

   The kicktail that makes tricks possible was a 1970s accident that turned skating into an aerial sport.

6. The Strait of Gibraltar (narrowest width) 14.4 km

   It is so narrow that on a clear day you can see Africa from Europe across the water.

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