SortStack #3583 — 2036-03-31

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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 house brick 22.5 cm

   Fired clay bricks have been made the same basic way for over 5,000 years, outlasting the empires that baked them.

3. The International Space Station 109 m

   Orbiting Earth roughly every 90 minutes, its crew sees about 16 sunrises and sunsets every single day.

4. A tower of the Golden Gate Bridge 227 m

   The bridge's 'International Orange' colour was chosen partly because it stays visible in San Francisco's thick fog.

5. A marathon course 42.2 km

   The odd distance was fixed in 1908 so the London race could start at Windsor Castle and finish before the royal box.

6. The Channel Tunnel 50.5 km

   Trains run through three parallel tubes beneath the seabed, with a smaller service tunnel between them for safety.

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