SortStack #3500 — 2036-01-08

By weight · Order from lightest to heaviest.

1. A regulation golf ball 46 g

   The dimples — usually 300 to 500 of them — cut drag so effectively that a smooth ball would fly only about half as far.

2. 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.

3. A fully loaded 18-wheeler semi-truck 36 t

   Fully loaded, a semi needs about 40% more stopping distance than a car — which is why truckers leave that gap you keep filling.

4. A Boeing 777-300ER airliner at maximum takeoff weight 351.5 t

   Each of its GE90 engines is so wide that a Boeing 737 fuselage could very nearly fit inside the cowling.

5. 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.

6. The Burj Khalifa in Dubai 500K t

   The world's tallest building is tall enough to watch the sunset at the base, ride the elevator up, and watch it set again.

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