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The 7 Fastest Things In The World

We recently updated our list of the fastest things in the world. All of these are current world records and can be broken in future.

World’s Fastest Man: Usain Bolt

Covered a distance of 100 meters in 9.58 seconds during a race in 2008 Olympics. According to this world record, the average speed of Usain Bolt is 37.58 km/h.

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Usain St. Leo Bolt OJ CD (/ˈjuːseɪn/; born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter. Widely regarded as the fastest person ever, he is the first man to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records since fully automatic time measurements became mandatory in 1977.
Usain St. Leo Bolt OJ CD (/ˈjuːseɪn/; born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter. Widely regarded as the fastest person ever, he is the first man to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records since fully automatic time measurements became mandatory in 1977.

World’s Fastest Animal: Cheetah

Cheetah is the fastest animal in the world with the speed of 112 to 120 km/h. Another interesting fact about Cheetah’s speed is that it can easily accelerate from 0 to 96.6 km/h in just 3 seconds.

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Cheetah
Cheetah

World’s Fastest Bird: Peregrine Falcon

Peregrine Falcon is the world’s fastest bird and can reach a maximum speed of 389 km/h.

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Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

World’s Fastest Fish: Sailfish

Sailfish is the fastest fish and can reach up to 110 km/h.

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Sailfish
Sailfish

World’s Fastest Car: Hennessey Venom GT 

The Hennessey Venom GT is the fastest road car in the world, setting a mark of 270.49mph early in 2014. It beat the previous title holder, the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, by just 0.63mph – but the record won’t be officially recorded.

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World's Fastest Car
World’s Fastest Car Hennessey Venom GT

World’s Fastest Snake: Black Mamba

Black Mamba is not only the fastest snake in the world but also one of the most venomous snakes. This aggressive snake can reach a speed of about 20 km/h.

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Black Mamba
Black Mamba

World’s Fastest Growing Plant: Bamboo

The world record for the fastest growing plant belongs to certain species of the 45 genera of bamboo, which have been found to grow at up to 91 cm (35 in) per day or at a rate of 0.00003 km/h (0.00002 mph). According to the RHS Dictionary of Gardening, there are approximately 1,000 species of bamboos.

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Bamboo
Bamboo

What do you think of these amazing facts? Did we miss anything out? Tell us in the comments below.

Reference: Wikipedia.org

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