SortStack #3360 — 2035-08-21

By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.

1. A single grain of long-grain rice 25 mg

   Rice feeds more than half the world's population, and farmers cultivate over 100,000 distinct varieties of it.

2. A sheet of A4 printer paper 5 g

   A-series paper is metric by design: every size is exactly half the one above it, all sharing the same elegant proportions.

3. A large chicken egg 57 g

   An eggshell has up to 8,000 microscopic pores, letting the developing chick breathe right through the shell.

4. A FIFA regulation soccer ball 430 g

   World Cup balls are tested in wind tunnels; the 2010 'Jabulani' was so smooth that goalkeepers complained it swerved unpredictably.

5. Big Ben, the Great Bell of Westminster 13.8 t

   Big Ben is the bell, not the tower — and it cracked within months of entering service in 1859; the odd tone is the crack.

6. A fully equipped fire engine 18 t

   Around 2,000 liters of onboard water account for a chunk of the heft — plus ladders, hoses, and hydraulic rescue tools.

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