The Pistol Shrimp can snap its claws together to create a sound of 218 decibels, louder than as supersonic jet at full speed. It only lasts for 1 millisecond. The snapping action also creates a bubble that is greater than 5000 Kelvin, close to the surface temperature of the sun.
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When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 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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The highest speed ever achieved on a bicycle was 167.04 mph by Fred Rompelberg in 1995.
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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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A domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
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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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