Speed Facts

    14 facts tagged with Speed Facts

    Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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    Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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    Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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    When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
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    Honey bees fly at 15 miles per hour.
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    If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse.
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