SortStack #3464 — 2035-12-03
By size · Order from shortest to longest.
- An almond 2.4 cm
Almonds are seeds of a fruit related to peaches, and raw bitter ones naturally contain traces of cyanide.
- An acoustic guitar 99 cm
The guitar's hollow body acts as an amplifier, resonating the strings' vibration into the air around it.
- A one-person kayak 3.4 m
The kayak was invented by Arctic peoples thousands of years ago, sealed with animal skin to stay watertight.
- The cruising altitude of Concorde 18 km
Concorde flew so high that passengers could see the curvature of the Earth and the dark of space above.
- The Kiel Canal, Germany 98 km
The world's busiest artificial waterway, it lets ships skip the long, stormy voyage around Denmark.
- The Grand Canyon (length) 446 km
The Colorado River carved it over millions of years, exposing rock layers nearly two billion years old at the bottom.