Everyday things Size Comparison

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AdultGlobal average adult male height is about 1.71 m; the US average is roughly 1.75 m. The baseline human for every other comparison here.
AdultGlobal average adult female height is about 1.59 m; the US average is roughly 1.62 m.
Minecraft playerSteve stands 1.8 blocks tall in game — about 1.8 m if a block is 1 m. Minecraft is the best-selling video game ever, with over 300 million copies sold since 2011.
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iPhoneApple has sold well over 2 billion iPhones since 2007, making it one of the best-selling products of any kind. A modern handset is about 147 mm tall and 170–230 g.
Banana (for scale)The banana for scale. A supermarket Cavendish runs about 180 mm long and 120 g, and roughly 100 billion bananas are eaten worldwide each year — the world’s most popular fruit, and a single cloned cultivar.
40ft shipping containerThe ISO 40-foot container holds about 67 m³, weighs 3.8 t empty, and is rated to 30.5 t gross. Roughly 25 million are in circulation, and standardising them in the 1950s cut ocean freight costs by over 90%.