speed
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Here’s Proof Peregrine Falcons Dive Faster Than Skydivers
Video: BBC’s Steve Leonard wanted to discover who dives the fastest in free fall: A peregrine falcon — known to be fastest animal on Earth — or two skydivers in tandem. To test that they jumped off a hot air balloon from 10,000 feet (3000m).
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Northern Territory To Expand Trial Of Speed Limit-Free Roads
Two months ago, the Northern Territory became driving nirvana: it removed the speed limits on a few sections of its gloriously long highway. Now the government wants to go even further and pull the limits off other roads around the Territory.
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Why The Speed Of Ships Is Measured In Knots
How fast you’re going while out floating on the big blue can be notoriously tricky to judge if you’re just eyeballing it. One method used to get around this issue was introduced in the sixteenth century using a “chip log” or “log-line”.
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How Fast Things Travel Compared To The Speed Of Light
Sometimes, it’s hard to put things like the speed of light into perspective: it’s a number so large that it’s tough to make sense of. Which is why this visualisation, which compares the speed of things you can (kinda) more easily visualise, is massively helpful.