Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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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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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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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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Honey bees fly at 15 miles per hour.
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All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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