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  2. Speed record - Wikipedia

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    A speed record is a world record for speed by a person, animal, or vehicle. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles.

  3. List of vehicle speed records - Wikipedia

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    Human-powered submarine: 8.035: 14.881: 9.247: Omer 5: Sebastien Brisebois, Joel Brunet 28 Jun 2007 ISR [60] Ground effect vehicle [a] 350: 650: 400: Korabl Maket "Caspian Sea Monster" Soviet Navy: ca. 1966–1980 (unofficial) [62] Underwater vehicle: There is no officially recognized speed record for underwater craft, due to the secretive ...

  4. Orders of magnitude (speed) - Wikipedia

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    Speed of propagation for unmyelinated sensory neurons. 30: 110: 70: 1 × 10 −7: Typical speed of car (freeway); cheetah—fastest of all terrestrial animals; sailfish—fastest fish; speed of go-fast boat. 40: 140: 90: 1.3 × 10 −7: Typical peak speed of a local service train (or intercity on lower standard tracks). 40.05: 144.17: 89.59: 1. ...

  5. Limitations of animal running speed - Wikipedia

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    Limitations of animal running speed provides an overview of how various factors determine the maximum running speed. Some terrestrial animals are built for achieving extremely high speeds, such as the cheetah, pronghorn, race horse and greyhound, while humans can train to achieve high sprint speeds. There is no single determinant of maximum ...

  6. Footspeed - Wikipedia

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    Footspeed, or sprint speed, is the maximum speed at which a human can run. It is affected by many factors, varies greatly throughout the population, and is important in athletics and many sports, such as association football , Australian rules football , American football , track and field , field hockey , tennis , baseball , and basketball .

  7. 10 weird things that can kill you almost instantly - AOL

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    When that happens, the fish immediately release venom into whatever disturbed it. Effects are fast acting and can include heart stoppage, seizures, and paralysis. Number 8.Cleaning the toilet. No ...

  8. Bipedalism - Wikipedia

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    An ostrich, the co-fastest extant biped [1] along with the red kangaroo, at 70 km/h (43 mph) [2] [note 1]. Bipedalism is a form of terrestrial locomotion where an animal moves by means of its two rear (or lower) limbs or legs.

  9. Human Thought Has a Speed Limit and Scientists Just Found It

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    The human brain has many advantages over even the most advanced AI—creative thinking, ethical judgements, and intuition, just to name a few. But when it comes to information processing speed ...