SortStack #3242 — 2035-04-25
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A running pig 17 km/h
Pigs are smarter than dogs by many measures, able to learn their names and even play simple video games.
- A powerful soccer free kick 132 km/h
A well-struck free kick can swerve in mid-air as spin and airflow bend its path around a defensive wall.
- A car cruising the German autobahn 200 km/h
Parts of Germany's autobahn have no speed limit, where ordinary sedans legally travel faster than racetracks allow elsewhere.
- A Category 5 hurricane's winds 300 km/h
A single mature hurricane can release more energy in a day than the world uses in electricity all year.
- A peregrine falcon in a dive 410 km/h
The peregrine is the fastest animal on Earth, diving so fast it has baffles in its nostrils to breathe.
- A bullet from an AK-47 2.7K km/h
The AK-47 is the most widely produced firearm in history, prized for working even when caked in mud and sand.