SortStack #1555 — 2030-09-11

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. A garden snail 50 m/h

   A snail can sleep for up to three years during droughts, sealing itself inside its shell until rain returns.

2. A falling raindrop 34 km/h

   Raindrops are not teardrop-shaped; they flatten into tiny hamburger buns as they fall through the air.

3. A galloping zebra 66 km/h

   No two zebras have the same stripe pattern, which may help them recognise each other and confuse biting flies.

4. A fast cricket delivery 161 km/h

   The fastest bowlers can make the ball rise off the pitch toward a batter's head in a fraction of a second.

5. A fired shotgun slug 1.9K km/h

   A shotgun slug is a single heavy projectile that turns a scattergun into a short-range, hard-hitting rifle.

6. NASA's Parker Solar Probe 692K km/h

   The fastest human-made object ever, it slingshots around the Sun, dipping into the star's blazing outer atmosphere.

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