Incredible facts

15. The fastest man

Usain St. Leo Bolt, who was born on August 21, 1986, is a Jamaican runner. Bolt holds the Olympic and world records for the fastest times in the 100 meters (9.69 seconds), 200 meters (19.30 seconds) and 4x100 meters (37.10 seconds). Bolt became the first person (since Carl Lewis in 1984) to win three categories at one Olympics, and the first person in the world to set world records in three categories. His name and achievements in sprinting led to him being quickly dubbed "Lightning Bolt" by the media.

14. Fastest production car

The Bugatti Veyron is no longer the fastest car in the world. After numerous modifications, Barabus has officially unveiled the TKR: a new supercar with 1,005 horsepower, and, according to the automaker, the car is capable of accelerating to 98 km/h in 1.67 seconds. Moreover, its top speed is 270 mph, which is 20 more than the Veyron. All its power comes from a 6-liter V8 twin-turbo engine with dual intercoolers.

13. The fastest land animal

The fastest land animal in the world is an evolutionary marvel, the cheetah. Capable of reaching speeds of up to 70 mph, this slender, long-legged feline is built for speed. Its spotted coat and small head and ears make the cheetah one of the most easily recognizable big cats in Africa.

12. Fastest computer

K computer is a Japanese supercomputer created by Fujitsu and is a unique supercomputer. Currently the fastest computer in the world. It was activated in 2011, after installation at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research in the Japanese city of Kobe. The supercomputer operates with a maximum performance of 8,162 petaflops (8,162 quadrillion operations per second!). This is the only supercomputer of its kind that contains a large number of innovative ideas.

The sailfish is the only species in the genus of sailboats that lives in the warm waters of all the oceans of the world. Typically, the color of the fish varies from blue to gray, it has a characteristic dorsal fin that stretches along the entire back. Another feature of this fish is its elongated nose, reminiscent of a swordfish. The fish swims at a speed of 110 km/h, which is currently the highest speed that fish can reach. If this fish could move on land, it could easily outrun a driver driving on the highway.

10. The fastest train

Japan recently tested the JR-Maglev MLX01 train, which reaches a speed of about 581 km/h, which is slightly faster than any other train. The new train uses superconducting magnets in its operation, which leave a large gap for the repulsive type of electrodynamic suspension to operate. This train, created by the central Japanese railway company JR Central and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, has been the fastest in the world for several years.

Insano is the highest water slide in the world (41 meters), it is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. Its height is equivalent to that of a 14-story building. As a consequence of its height and inclination, it provides a very fast descent, 4-5 seconds at a speed of about 105 km/h. Because of these characteristics, the slide is considered the most extreme in the world. At the end of the journey, you will find yourself diving into a relaxing pool.

K-222, formerly K-162, was the only one Papa ever built ("Papa" being the Western name for a submarine Soviet Union Anchar). Its construction was postponed on December 28, 1963 and resumed only on December 31, 1969. She served the Soviet Northern Fleet throughout her entire "career". It was the fastest submarine in the world, during trials it reached a record speed of 44.7 knots. However, the price of high speed was also high - huge costs in the production process, as well as high noise levels and significant damage to the housing during operation.

7. Fastest manned aircraft

The North American rocket-powered X-15 was part of the X-series of experimental aircraft that were produced for the US Air Force, NASA and the US Navy. The X-15's speed and altitude were records in the 1960s as the aircraft managed to reach the edge of outer space and return with valuable data. It still holds the world record for the fastest speed ever achieved by a manned aircraft. During the X-15 program, 13 of the flights were rated as space missions by the US Air Force because they exceeded an altitude of 80 km, thus qualifying the pilots for astronaut status. The highest speed was recorded by pilot Pete Knight during his flight - 7273 km/h.

6. Fastest helicopter

We now know that a helicopter's maximum rotor speed can theoretically reach just over 250 mph. Therefore, at the European Airshow, which took place on August 6, 1986, the Westland Lynx ZB500 helicopter, which reached a speed of 249.1 mph (400.8 km/h), is the fastest helicopter in the world.

5. The fastest... wind

On May 3, 1999, when a tornado visited the American state of Oklahoma, scientists recorded the highest wind speed. It reached about 318 miles per hour, and the tornado killed 4 people and destroyed 250 homes. Before this, the fastest wind was considered to be a tornado, which again visited Oklahoma, but already in 1991, then its speed was 286 miles per hour. On the Fujita scale (F0-F6), the 1999 tornado fell 1 mile short of being classified as an F6. No tornado in the world has ever received such a level.

The peregrine falcon is predatory bird falcon family. The size of a hooded crow, the falcon has a beautiful blue-gray back, light mottled belly, black top part heads and a pronounced “black mustache”. This bird is considered the fastest in the world, as it can reach a dive speed of more than 322 km/h.

3. The fastest spacecraft

New Horizons is NASA's robotic spacecraft that is currently on its way to the planet Pluto. It is expected to be the first spacecraft to study Pluto and its moons (Charon, Nix and Hydra). New Horizons was launched on January 19, 2006, with a speed of 16.26 km per second. Thus, he left the Earth at the highest speed in history. It will approach Pluto on July 14, 2015.

In modern physics, light is the fastest phenomenon in the Universe; its speed in empty space is a fundamental constant. The speed of light in vacuum is 299,792,245.8 m/s. This is the highest speed of anything that a person has ever recorded. If you could travel around the perimeter of the earth's equator at the speed of light, you would be able to circle the entire planet almost 8 times in 1 second. Although the scientific community has not yet been able to accurately confirm the existence of something that would move faster than the speed of light, there is an assumption about superluminal particles, which are number 1 on our list.

1. Superluminal particles

Tachyons are a proposed class of particles that are able to travel faster than the speed of light. The idea of ​​tachyons was first put forward by physicist Arnold Sommerfeld. The word tachyon comes from the Greek tachus, which means "quick". Tachyons have a strange property: when they lose energy, they begin to gain speed. Therefore, when tachyons receive energy, they slow down. The slowest speed of tachyons is said to be the speed of light.

13. The fastest man

Usain St. Leo Bolt is an outstanding Jamaican sprinter, three-time Olympic champion in 2008, 5-time world champion. The current holder of world records in the 100 (9.58 sec, Berlin 2009) and 200 meter (19.19 sec, Berlin 2009), as well as in the 4x100 meter relay as part of the Jamaican team (37.04 sec, Daegu 2011 ). He is the first person in the history of athletics to set world records at three of these distances at one Olympics. For his name and achievements he received the nickname Lightning.

12. Fastest land animal

The fastest land animal is the cheetah, a miracle of evolution. He is capable of running at a speed of 115 km/h. The cheetah's body, flexible, with long limbs, is simply created for speed.

11. Fastest computer

IBM Roadrunner is a supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, USA. Was the most productive supercomputer in the world in 2009.

10. The fastest fish

The sailfish is the only species in the genus of sailfish and the fastest-swimming fish in the world. The sailfish lives in the warm waters of all oceans. Has a blue and blue color and has distinctive feature a sail-like fin running along the entire length of the back. Another sign is an oblong protrusion on the muzzle. These fish reach speeds of up to 110 km/h.

9. The fastest train

A test section was built in Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan, where on December 2, 2003, an experimental train of three cars of the MLX01 modification set an absolute speed record for railway transport of 581 km/h. JR-Maglev uses electrodynamic suspension with superconducting magnets (EDS), installed both on the train and on the track. Residents of the prefecture can ride the train for free, and 100,000 people have already done so.

8. Fastest water slide

Insano is the fastest water slide in the world with a height of 41 m. It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. The height of the slide can be equal to a 14-story building. Insano provides a very fast descent in 4-5 seconds, the speed reaches 105 km/h.

7. The fastest underwater vehicle

K-222 is a second-generation Soviet nuclear submarine, armed with P-70 Amethyst cruise missiles, the only ship built according to Project 661 Anchar. The fastest submarine in the world, reaching speeds of over 80 km/h (42 knots) while submerged. However, for such speed we had to pay a lot both in terms of money and high level noise and great damage to the housing.

6. Fastest manned aircraft

The X-15 is a US experimental rocket-propelled aircraft equipped with rocket engines. The plane holds the record as the fastest in the world. It reached speeds of 7,273 km/h under the control of pilot Pete Knight.

5. Fastest helicopter

Westland Lynx is a British multi-purpose helicopter. On August 6, 1986, during demonstration flights on Lynx with a modified engine and special rotor blades, a world speed record for helicopters was set (400.87 km/h).

4. The fastest wind

On May 3, 1999, during a tornado in Oklahoma, scientists measured the speed of the fastest wind. It was 511 km/h. That day, a tornado killed 4 people and destroyed 250 homes.

2. Fastest spaceship

New Horizons is a NASA automatic interplanetary station designed to study Pluto and its natural satellite Charon. The New Horizons station was launched on January 19, 2006. It left the vicinity of the Earth at the highest speed of all spacecraft. At the moment the engines were turned off, it was 16.21 km/sec.

It was obtained at the center of a thermonuclear bomb explosion - about 300...400 million°C. The maximum temperature reached during a controlled thermonuclear reaction at the TOKAMAK fusion test facility at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA, in June 1986, is 200 million °C.

Lowest temperature

Absolute zero on the Kelvin scale (0 K) corresponds to –273.15° Celsius or –459.67° Fahrenheit. The lowest temperature, 2·10 –9 K (two-billionth of a degree) above absolute zero, was achieved in the Laboratory's two-stage nuclear demagnetization cryostat low temperatures Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, by a group of scientists led by Professor Olli Lounasmaa (b. 1930), announced in October 1989.

The smallest thermometer

Dr. Frederick Sachs, a biophysicist at the State University of New York, Buffalo, USA, designed a microthermometer to measure the temperature of individual living cells. The diameter of the thermometer tip is 1 micron, i.e. 1/50th the diameter of a human hair.

The largest barometer

The 12 m high water barometer was constructed in 1987 by Bert Bolle, curator of the Barometer Museum in Martensdijk, the Netherlands, where it is installed.

The greatest pressure

As reported in June 1978, the highest continuous pressure of 1.70 megabar (170 GPa) was obtained at the Carnegie Institution Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, USA, in a giant diamond-coated hydraulic press. It was also announced that in this laboratory on March 2, 1979, solid hydrogen was obtained under a pressure of 57 kilobars. Metallic hydrogen is expected to be a silvery-white metal with a density of 1.1 g/cm 3 . According to calculations by physicists G.K. Mao and P.M. Bella, this experiment at 25°C will require a pressure of 1 megabar.

In the USA, as reported in 1958, using dynamic methods with impact speeds of about 29 thousand km/h, an instantaneous pressure of 75 million atm was obtained. (7 thousand GPa).

Highest speed

In August 1980, it was reported that a plastic disk was accelerated to a speed of 150 km/s at the US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA. This is the maximum speed at which a solid visible object has ever moved.

The most accurate scales

The most accurate scales in the world - "Sartorius-4108" - were manufactured in Göttingen, Germany, they can weigh objects up to 0.5 g with an accuracy of 0.01 mcg, or 0.00000001 g, which corresponds to approximately 1/60 of the weight printing ink wasted on the period at the end of this sentence.

The largest bubble chamber

The world's largest bubble chamber, costing $7 million, was built in October 1973 in Weston, Illinois, USA. It has a diameter of 4.57 m, holds 33 thousand liters of liquid hydrogen at a temperature of –247 ° C and is equipped with a superconducting magnet that creates a field of 3 Tesla.

The fastest centrifuge

The ultracentrifuge was invented by Theodor Svedberg (1884...1971), Sweden, in 1923.

The highest rotation speed achieved by a person is 7250 km/h. At this speed, a 15.2 cm conical carbon fiber rod was reported to be rotating in a vacuum on January 24, 1975, at the University of Birmingham, UK.

The most accurate section

As reported in June 1983, a high-precision diamond lathe at the National Laboratory. Lawrence in Livermore, California, USA, can cut a human hair lengthwise 3 thousand times. The cost of the machine is 13 million dollars.

The most powerful electric current

The most powerful electricity was generated at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, USA. With the simultaneous discharge of 4032 capacitors, combined into the Zeus supercapacitor, within a few microseconds they produce twice the electric current than that generated by all power plants on Earth.

The hottest flame

The hottest flame is produced by the combustion of carbon subnitride (C 4 N 2), which produces at 1 atm. temperature 5261 K.

Highest measured frequency

The highest frequency perceived by the naked eye is the oscillation frequency of yellow-green light, equal to 520.206 808 5 terahertz (1 terahertz - million million hertz), corresponding to the 17 - 1 P(62) transition line of iodine-127.

The highest frequency measured by the instruments is the green light frequency of 582.491703 THz for the b 21 component of the R(15) 43 – 0 transition line of iodine-127. The decision of the General Conference of Weights and Measures, adopted on October 20, 1983, to accurately express the meter (m) using the speed of light ( c) it is established that “a meter is the path traveled by light in a vacuum in a time interval equal to 1/299792458 of a second.” As a result, the frequency ( f) and wavelength (λ) turn out to be related by the dependence f·λ = c.

The weakest friction

Polytetrafluoroethylene (C 2 F 4n), called PTFE, has the lowest coefficient of dynamic and static friction for a solid (0.02). It is equal to friction wet ice o wet ice. This substance was first obtained in sufficient quantity by the American company E.I. Dupont de Nemours" in 1943 and was exported from the USA under the name "Teflon". American and Western European housewives love pots and pans with non-stick Teflon coating.

In a centrifuge at the University of Virginia, USA, a rotor weighing 13.6 kg, supported by a magnetic field, rotates in a vacuum of 10–6 mmHg at a speed of 1000 rps. It only loses 1 rps per day and will spin for many years.

Smallest hole

A hole with a diameter of 40 angstroms (4·10 –6 mm) was observed on a JEM 100C electron microscope using a device from Quantel Electronics in the Department of Metallurgy at the University of Oxford, UK, on ​​October 28, 1979. Finding such a hole is like finding the head of a pin in haystack with sides 1.93 km.

In May 1983, a beam from an electron microscope at the University of Illinois, USA, accidentally burned a hole 2·10 –9 m in diameter in a sample of sodium beta aluminate.

The most powerful laser beams

For the first time, it was possible to illuminate another celestial body with a beam of light on May 9, 1962; then a ray of light was reflected from the surface of the Moon. It was aimed by a laser (a light amplifier based on stimulated emission of radiation) whose sighting precision was coordinated by a 121.9 cm telescope located at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. A spot with a diameter of about 6.4 km was illuminated on the lunar surface. The laser was proposed in 1958 by the American Charles Townes (born 1915). A light pulse of similar power with a duration of 1/5000 can burn through a diamond due to its evaporation at temperatures up to 10,000°C. This temperature is created by 2·10 23 photons. As reported, the Shiva laser installed in the laboratory named after. Lawrence Livermore, California, USA, was able to concentrate a light beam with a power of about 2.6 x 10 13 W on an object the size of a pinhead for 9.5 x 10 –11 s. This result was obtained in an experiment on May 18, 1978.

The brightest light

The brightest sources of artificial light are laser pulses, which were generated at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA, in March 1987 by Dr. Robert Graham. The power of a flash of ultraviolet light lasting 1 picosecond (1·10 –12 s) was 5·10 15 W.

The most powerful continuous light source is the high pressure argon arc lamp with a power input of 313 kW and a luminous intensity of 1.2 million candelas, manufactured by Vortec Industries in Vancouver, Canada, in March 1984.

The most powerful spotlight was produced during the Second World War, in 1939...1945, by General Electric. It was developed at the Hearst Research Centre, London. With a power input of 600 kW, it produced an arc brightness of 46,500 cd/cm2 and a maximum beam intensity of 2,700 million cd from a parabolic mirror with a diameter of 3.04 m.

The shortest pulse of light

Charles Shank and colleagues in the laboratories of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (ATT), New Jersey, USA, received a light pulse with a duration of 8 femtoseconds (8 10 -15 s), which was announced in April 1985. Pulse length equal to 4...5 wavelengths of visible light, or 2.4 microns.

The longest lasting light bulb

The average incandescent light bulb burns for 750...1000 hours. There is information that, produced by Shelby Electric and recently demonstrated by Mr. Burnell at the Fire Department of Livermore, California, USA, first gave light in 1901.

The heaviest magnet

The world's heaviest magnet has a diameter of 60 m and weighs 36 thousand tons. It was made for a 10 TeV synchrophasotron installed at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Moscow region.

The largest electromagnet

The world's largest electromagnet is part of the L3 detector used in experiments at the Large Electron-Positron Collider (LEP) of the European Council for Nuclear Research, Switzerland. The octagonal-shaped electromagnet consists of a yoke made of 6400 tons of low-carbon steel and an aluminum coil weighing 1100 tons. The yoke elements, weighing up to 30 tons each, were manufactured in the USSR. The coil, made in Switzerland, consists of 168 turns, electrically welded to an octagonal frame. A current of 30 thousand A passing through an aluminum coil creates a magnetic field with a power of 5 kilogauss. The dimensions of the electromagnet, exceeding the height of a 4-story building, are 12x12x12 m, and total weight equal to 7810 tons. More metal was spent on its production than on construction.

Magnetic fields

The most powerful constant field of 35.3 ± 0.3 Tesla was obtained at the National Magnetic Laboratory. Francis Bitter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, May 26, 1988. To obtain it, a hybrid magnet with holmium poles was used. Under its influence, the magnetic field created by the heart and brain intensified.

The weakest magnetic field was measured in a shielded room in the same laboratory. Its value was 8·10 –15 Tesla. It was used by Dr. David Cohen to study the extremely weak magnetic fields produced by the heart and brain.

The most powerful microscope

The Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM), invented at the IBM Research Laboratory in Zurich in 1981, allows for magnification of 100 million times and resolution of details down to 0.01 atomic diameters (3 × 10 –10 m). It is claimed that the size of the 4th generation scanning tunneling microscopes will not exceed the size of a thimble.

Using field ion microscopy techniques, the probe tips of scanning tunneling microscopes are made so that there is one atom at the end - the last 3 layers of this man-made pyramid consist of 7, 3 and 1 atom. In July 1986, representatives of the Bell Telephone Laboratory Systems, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA, announced that they were able to transfer a single atom (most likely germanium) from the tungsten probe tip of a scanning tunneling microscope to a germanium surface. In January 1990, a similar operation was repeated by D. Eigler and E. Schweitzer from the IBM Research Center, San Jose, California, USA. Using a scanning tunneling microscope, they laid out the word IBM single xenon atoms, transferring them to the nickel surface.

The loudest noise

The loudest noise obtained in laboratory conditions was 210 dB, or 400 thousand ac. Watts (acoustic watts), NASA reported. It was obtained by reflecting sound from a 14.63 m reinforced concrete test stand and 18.3 m deep foundation designed for testing the Saturn V rocket at the Space Flight Center. Marshall, Huntsville, Alabama, USA, in October 1965. A sound wave of such strength could drill holes in solid materials. The noise was heard within 161 km.

The smallest microphone

In 1967, Professor Ibrahim Cavrak of Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, created a microphone for a new technique for measuring pressure in a fluid flow. His frequency range– from 10 Hz to 10 kHz, dimensions – 1.5 mm x 0.7 mm.

Highest note

The highest note received has a frequency of 60 gigahertz. It was generated by a laser beam aimed at a sapphire crystal at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, in September 1964.

The most powerful particle accelerator

Proton synchrotron with a diameter of 2 km at the National Acceleration Laboratory. Fermi, east of Bateivia, Illinois, USA, is the world's most powerful nuclear particle accelerator. On May 14, 1976, an energy of about 500 GeV (5·10 11 electron-volts) was obtained for the first time. On October 13, 1985, as a result of the collision of beams of protons and antiprotons, an energy in the center of mass system of 1.6 GeV (1.6 10 11 electron volts) was obtained. This required 1,000 superconducting magnets operating at a temperature of -268.8°C, maintained using the world's largest helium liquefaction plant with a capacity of 4,500 l/h, which came into operation on April 18, 1980.

CERN's (European Organization for Nuclear Research) goal of colliding beams of protons and antiprotons in the ultra-high energy proton synchrotron (SPS) with an energy of 270 GeV 2 = 540 GeV was achieved in Geneva, Switzerland, at 4:55 a.m. on July 10 1981. This energy is equivalent to that released during the collision of protons with an energy of 150 thousand GeV with a stationary target.

The US Department of Energy on August 16, 1983 subsidized research to create a superconducting supercollider (SSC) with a diameter of 83.6 km by 1995 using the energy of two proton-antiproton beams at 20 TeV. The White House approved this $6 billion project on January 30, 1987.

The quietest place

The 10.67 x 8.5 m "dead room" at the Bell Telephone Systems Laboratory, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA, is the most sound-absorbing room in the world, in which 99.98% of reflected sound disappears .

The sharpest objects and the smallest tubes

The sharpest human-made objects are the glass micropipette tubes used in experiments with living cell tissue. The technology for their manufacture was developed and implemented by Professor Kenneth T. Brown and Dale J. Flaming at the Department of Physiology at the University of California at San Francisco in 1977. They obtained conical tube tips with an outer diameter of 0.02 μm and an inner diameter of 0.01 μm . The latter was 6500 times thinner than a human hair.

The smallest artificial object

On February 8, 1988, Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas, USA, announced that it had succeeded in producing “quantum dots” from indium and gallium arsenide with a diameter of only 100 millionths of a millimeter.

Highest vacuum

It was obtained at the IBM Research Center named after. Thomas J. Watson, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA, in October 1976 in a cryogenic system with temperatures down to –269°C and was equal to 10 –14 torr. This is equivalent to the distance between molecules (the size of a tennis ball) increasing from 1 m to 80 km.

Lowest viscosity

The California Institute of Technology, USA, announced on December 1, 1957 that liquid helium-2 at temperatures close to absolute zero(–273.15°C), does not have viscosity, i.e. has ideal fluidity.

Highest voltage

On May 17, 1979, the highest electrical potential difference was obtained under laboratory conditions at National Electrostatics Corporation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. It amounted to 32 ± 1.5 million V.

Guinness Book of Records, 1998

At what speed does the cork fly out of a champagne bottle? What animal is the fastest on Earth? Are speeds faster than the speed of light possible? Today we'll talk about some amazing speed records.

NERVE IMPULSES IN THE HUMAN BODY

They move at a speed of approximately 90 meters per second.

HIGHEST SPEED TOY TRAIN

It is 10 km/h.

THE HIGHEST SPEED IN ANIMALS

The biggest speed in the animal world – 322 km/h. This speed is developed by the peregrine falcon when diving for prey:

WATER MOLECULES

When water boils, its molecules move with speed 650 meters per second.

SLOWEST SPEED IN SPORT

It was registered on August 12, 1889 - only 1.35 km/h. This sport was tug of war.

GOLF BALL SPEED

The next moment after hitting the golf ball, he the speed instantly reaches 270 km/h.

AIRCRAFT

When an airplane reaches a speed of 1,000 km/h, then its length increases by one centimeter relative to its resting length.

THE WINDEST PLACE ON EARTH

Commonwealth Bay is officially recognized in the Guinness Book of Records and the eighth edition of the National Geographic atlas as the windiest place on Earth. Moreover, it is located in Antarctica, so forget about short-term gusts of wind, the wind constantly blows here at a speed of 240 km/h.

THE SLOWEST MAMMAL

It is a three-toed sloth, it moves at a speed of about 2 meters per minute.

HIGHEST SPEED RECORDED ON EARTH

Is superluminal speed possible? Probably everyone - even people far from physics - knows that the maximum possible speed of movement of material objects or the propagation of any signals is the speed of light in a vacuum. It is designated by the letter c and is almost 300 thousand kilometers per second; exact value With= 299,792,458 m/s.

In 2000, Lijun Wong and his colleagues at the Princeton Research Institute (USA) performed the following experiment. A laser pulse was passed through a 6-centimeter-long chamber filled with cesium vapor. The result of the experiment: a light pulse entering a chamber filled with cesium vapor increases its speed by more than 300 times. Thus, the fastest speed ever recorded on our planet, 310 times the speed of light.

HIGHEST SPEED OF MAN

Fastest speed ever developed by man, is 39,897 km/h. It was reached by the astronauts of the main module of Apollo 10 at an altitude of 122 km from the surface of the Earth when returning to their home planet.

HIGHEST SPEED DEVELOPED BY A BLIND DRIVER

Highest speed developed blind driver - 322.5 kilometers per hour. Driver Hein Wagner reached this speed in a Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG and managed to maintain this speed for a kilometer. With his record, Hein Wagner hopes to draw attention to the problems of blind people. His record was officially recognized by representatives of the Guinness Book of Records.

READING SPEED RECORDS

The reading speed of 16-year-old Kiev resident Ira Ivachenko is - 163,333 words per minute with full reading comprehension. This achievement was officially registered in the presence of journalists.

Unofficial reading speed record - 416,250 words per minute. The record was recorded on September 9, 1989 during testing under the guidance of the Center in the presence of 20 course participants. The record holder is Evgenia Alekseenko. At the Kiev Brain Research Center, a special test was prepared for Evgenia, which she underwent in the presence of several scientists. Eugenia read 1,390 words in one-fifth of a second - the time it takes to blink. Evgeniya retells the contents of what she read for hours, not missing the smallest details.

Another reading speed record was set by Russian school student Svetlana Arkhipova - 60,000 characters per minute. The record is included in the Guinness Book of Records.

ABOUT CHILDREN

The fastest rate of reproduction of offspring in humans is 58 children per year. The record was set by the Sultan of Morocco Moulay Ismail (reigned from 1672 to 1727), who by age 31 had 525 sons and 342 daughters. Moulay Ismail kept 500 concubines.

HIGHEST PRINTING SPEED

Highest print speed - 2600 A4 pages per minute. The record belongs to the Inkjet Web Press printer from Hewlett-Packard. It is worth noting that the cost of one print is no more than 1 cent.

HIGHEST DRUM PLAYING SPEED

The record for the highest speed in drumming was set on October 24, 1991 by the famous English musician Rori Blackwell. He demonstrated his skills at the Finlake holiday park in Devonshire (Great Britain). In one minute on one drum he made 3,720 beats chopsticks in 60 seconds. That is 62 beats per second! At that time, Rory Blackwell was already 58 years old.

FLYING SPEED OF CHAMPAGNE CORKS

German physicist Friedrich Balck from the Technical University of Clausthal in Lower Saxony calculated the speed of a champagne bottle cork. Using photoelectric and acoustic devices, the scientist found that traffic jam speed reaches 40 km/h, flight altitude - up to 12 meters. Theoretically, the cork speed can reach 100 km/h, but this is only possible in bottles that have been exposed to direct sunlight for a certain time and have been shaken well before opening.

From helicopters and spaceships down to elementary particles - here are the 25 fastest things in the world.

25. The fastest train

The Japanese JR-Maglev train reached speeds exceeding 581 kilometers per hour using magnetic levitation.

24. The fastest roller coaster


The Formula Rossa, recently built in Dubai, allows adventurers to reach speeds of 240 kilometers per hour.

23. The fastest elevator


The elevators at Taipei Tower in Taiwan carry people up and down at speeds of 60 kilometers per hour.

22. Fastest production car


The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4, accelerating up to 430 kilometers per hour, is the fastest car in the world approved for use on public roads.

21. The fastest non-production car


On October 15, 1997, the Thrust SSC rocket-propelled vehicle broke the sound barrier in the Nevada desert.

20. The fastest manned aircraft


The Air Force X-15 not only reaches impressive speeds (7,270 kilometers per hour), but also flies so high that several of its pilots received astronaut wings from NASA.

19. Fastest tornado


The tornado that occurred near the city of Oklahoma was the fastest in terms of wind speeds, reaching 480 kilometers per hour.

18. The fastest man


In 2009, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt set a world record in the 100 meters, running it in 9.58 seconds.

17. Fastest woman


In 1988, American Florenc Griffith-Joyner ran the 100-meter dash in 10.49 seconds - a record that has never been broken to this day.

16. Fastest land animal


In addition to the fact that cheetahs run fast (120 kilometers per hour), they are also capable of accelerating faster than most production cars (from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 3 seconds).

15. The fastest fish


Some individuals of the sailfish species can accelerate up to 112 kilometers per hour.

14. The fastest bird


The peregrine falcon is also the fastest animal in the world overall and can exceed speeds of 325 kilometers per hour.

13. Fastest computer


Although this record will likely have already been broken by the time you read this article, China's Milky Way-2 is the most fast computer in the world.

12. Fastest submarine


It is difficult to register records in such things, since information about submarines is usually kept secret. However, according to some estimates, the Soviet submarine K-162 reached its highest speed in 1969. The speed was about 44 knots.

11. The fastest helicopter


In July 2010, the Sikorsky X2 set a new speed record over West Palm Beach - 415 kilometers per hour.

10. Fastest boat


The world water speed record is officially recognized maximum speed, developed water transport. The current record holder is the Spirit of Australia, which reached 511 kilometers per hour.

9. The fastest sport with rackets


In badminton, the shuttlecock can reach speeds of more than 320 kilometers per hour.

8. The fastest land transport


Military missile sleds reach speeds exceeding Mach 8 (9,800 kilometers per hour).

7. Fastest spaceship


In space, speed can only be measured relative to other objects. Taking this into account, the fastest spacecraft, moving from the Sun at a speed of 62,000 kilometers per hour, is Voyager 1.

6. Fastest eater


Joey “Jaws” Chestnut is now recognized as world champion by the International Federation of Competitive Eating after eating 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

5. Fastest crash test


To determine the safety rating, EuroNCAP usually conducts its crash tests at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour. However, in 2011, they decided to increase the speed to 190 kilometers per hour. Just for fun.

4. Fastest guitarist


John Taylor set a new world record by playing Flight of the Bumblebee perfectly at 600 beats per minute.

3. Fastest rapper


No Clue received the title of "fastest rapper" in the Guinness Book of Records when he spoke 723 syllables in 51.27 seconds. He pronounced about 14 syllables per second.

2. Highest speed


Technically, the fastest speed in the Universe is the speed of light. However, there are a few caveats that lead us to the first point...

1. The fastest elementary particle


Although this is a controversial claim, scientists at the European Nuclear Research Center recently conducted experiments in which mu-meson neutrinos traveled between Geneva, Switzerland and Gran Sasso, Italy, several nanoseconds faster than light. However, for now, the photon is still considered the king of speed.