A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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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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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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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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The highest speed ever achieved on a bicycle was 167.04 mph by Fred Rompelberg in 1995.
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