SortStack #2983 — 2034-08-09

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. A running roadrunner 32 km/h

   Real roadrunners prefer sprinting to flying and can kill rattlesnakes, far from the cartoon's gentle dodging.

2. A sea lion swimming 38 km/h

   Sea lions can be trained to detect underwater mines and even retrieve objects for navies.

3. A golf ball off the driver 340 km/h

   A driven golf ball can briefly spin thousands of times a minute, which is what makes it climb and hold the air.

4. The winds of a violent tornado 480 km/h

   The strongest tornado winds ever measured can strip bark from trees and drive straw into solid wood.

5. Concorde at cruising speed 2.2K km/h

   Concorde flew so fast that the friction heated its frame, stretching the whole plane several inches in flight.

6. A meteor entering the atmosphere 50K km/h

   Most shooting stars are no bigger than a grain of sand, burning up bright from sheer speed alone.

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