Funny Facts » speed http://funnyfact.com Welcome To A World Of Oddities Funny Facts And Insane Trivia Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:32:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Rotational Speed of the Earth at the Equator http://funnyfact.com/rotational-speed-of-the-earth-at-the-equator/ http://funnyfact.com/rotational-speed-of-the-earth-at-the-equator/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:07:10 +0000 admin http://funnyfact.com/?p=3599 The rotational speed of the Earth at the equator is about 1,038 miles per hour.

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The average cough comes out of your mouth at 60 miles per hour.

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Jackrabbits can reach a speed of fifty miles per hour and can jump as far as twenty feet.

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In 1995, Fred Rompelberg of the Netherlands reached a speed of 167.04 m.p.h on Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats.

]]> http://funnyfact.com/fastest-recorded-bicyclist/feed/ 0 The standard escalator http://funnyfact.com/the-standard-escalator/ http://funnyfact.com/the-standard-escalator/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:56:19 +0000 admin http://rem.homelinux.org/?p=1451

The standard escalator moves at the rate of 120 feet per minute.

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Hypersonic is 5 times the speed of sound or above Mach 5. The speed of sound is 740 miles per hour at sea level.

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Ping Pong balls can travel 106 miles per hour.

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