10 Fastest Things In The World
Humans have always had an obsession with speed, be it their love for building fast trains
and planes or their speechlessness on witnessing a cheetah in action.
We showcase equal love for both man-made and natural specimens of speed, no partiality
here!
Even though light is still by far the fastest thing in the universe, moving at a staggering
speed of 671 million miles per hour, we decided to compile a list of things that are fastest
in their own right.
Are you ready for the most adventurous ride of your life?
Caution: fasten your seatbelts, the ride is the speediest you’ve ever been on!
Number 10.
Fastest land animal: Cheetah Of course the cheetah had to be on the list,
this isn’t any surprise!
When we tell you that this big cat can accelerate from zero to 10km/h in three seconds flat,
you’d never want to encounter it in the wild!
How does it manage to do it?
Firstly, the cheetah has enlarged nostrils which allow for optimum oxygen intake and
then it also has a large heart and lungs that assist the circulation of oxygen in the body.
Oh, we forgot to tell you cheetah’s speed!
It has been recorded to be about 109.4-120.7 km/h, woah that’s fast!
Number 9.
Fastest bird: Peregrine Falcon This widespread bird of prey is a large, crow-sized
falcon with a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head.
Now that’s not what you are interested in right?
As it is, when a bird can reach a 320km/h of speed- there is little else you’ll be
interested in!
Uhmm, that makes the cheetah look pretty slow!
Well this characteristic hunting stoop or high speed dive had made Peregrine Falcon
the fastest member of the animal kingdom, like wow!
You weren’t expecting this, nobody was!
Number 8.
Fastest fish: Black Marlin Found in tropical and subtropical areas of
the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the black marlin is one of the largest marlins and also one
of the largest bony fish!
Apart from being the biggest, it is also the fastest fish.
With a fastest speed recorded at 129km/h, there isn’t much doubt about the talent
of black marlin!
Many people see the black marlin as the premier game fish for sport fisherman.
Because of their size and physique, these marlins are popularly fished.
Now such a talented fish being sacrificed as a game isn’t a good thing, what do you
think?
Number 7.
Fastest runner: Usain Bolt If you haven’t heard of this man then you
are definitely living under a rock!
He is the greatest sprinter of all time, you don’t become an 8 time Olympic gold medalist
for nothing!
He holds the world record for the 100 meter dash with a time of 9.58 seconds.
He has helped Jamaica to three 4 × 100 meters relay world records, with the current record
being 36.84 seconds set in 2012.
We could have watched him run for a lifetime but he retired after the 2017 World Championships,
when he finished third in his last solo 100 m race.
Number 6.
Fastest tornado Back in 2013, a tornado hit the west of Oklahoma
City and killed 18 people, including 4 storm chasers.
It was wider than any tornado ever observed or surveyed according to the National Weather
Service and leading tornado researcher, Howard Bluestein.
The massive El Reno, Okla. twister reached an unthinkable maximum width of 2.6 miles
and a speed of 296mph.
We are scared of tornadoes as it is but when you take it to the next level in terms of
size and speed, we are left feeling that Satan is here to claim us and there is no escaping
the bad guy!
Number 5.
Fastest elevator What would you expect to be the speed of the
fastest traveling elevator?
Take your time, make a wild guess.
Whatever you imagined it to be, the truth is stranger because the fastest elevator travels
at 45.8mph!
That’s too fast.
We know you expect the elevator of Burj Khalifa to be the fastest because it is the tallest
building but sadly they move at half this insane speed!
So who’s the culprit here?
Well, elevator NexWay, designed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Japan) and installed
at Shanghai Tower Unit OB-3 (China) is the one, yes- CHINA!
Number 4.
Fastest motorcycle: Ack Attack The TOP 1 Ack Attack is a specially constructed
land-speed record streamliner motorcycle designed and built from the ground up by Mike Akatiff.
It holds the record for the world's fastest motorcycle since recording a two-way average
speed of 376.363 mph on September 25, 2010 in the Cook Motorsports Top Speed Shootout
at Bonneville Speedway, Utah.
The average speed of this monster bike is by no chance average but what about the top
speed?
The Ack Attack's fastest one-way speed was officially recorded at 394.084 mph.
Its 1,299 cc Suzuki Hayabusa engines produce more than 900 horsepower so you know who to
blame for the speed!
Number 3.
Fastest rollercoaster: Formula Rossa Where else can the fastest roller coaster
be located other than at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates?
Yea, that was farfetched but UAE seems to be heading to new levels every day!
At 150mmph, the Formula Rossa bags the title of the fastest roller coaster.
And guess how long does this fun ride take to reach the full speed?
Well, mere 5 seconds are required by the ride to turn from zero too 150mph, that’s quick!
This blazing acceleration is 4.8 times faster than that of free fall, woah nobody is doubting
UAE after this!
Number 2.
Fastest rapper: Rebel XD Now when we talk about the fastest rapper,
there are some confusions.
Controversy is always a good start!
Well, Rebel XD spat an amazing 852 syllables in 42 seconds in 2007 to beat his own Guinness
World Record for Fastest Rapper.
Man, this is crazy- how can a man rap so fast, did people even understand what he said?
Actually, that’s not important because the point here is the speed and at 20 syllables
per second, Rebel XD has left us awestruck!
But where is the controversy we promised you?
In 2009, Rebel’s record was broken by El Chojin who rapped and got 921 syllables in
a minute.
Though that sounds impressive, it is only 15 syllables per second and we are still confused
how this was record breaking!
Number 1.
Fastest Non-Production Car: Thrust SSC The Thrust SSC is also known as the Thrust
Supersonic and thus justifies its insane speed!
This British jet-propelled car was developed by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers,
Jeremy Bliss, Reece Liebenberg and Joshua Hambury.
Thrust SSC holds the world land speed record, set on 15 October 1997, when it achieved a
speed of 763 mph and became the first land vehicle to officially break the sound barrier.
That is almost the speed of sound, yikes!
Venom GT with a top speed of 270 miles per hour which is 493 miles per hour less than
the ultimate Thrust SSC.
Is there anyone who still has a doubt about the fastest car?
Are there any more fast things that should be on this list?
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