Concorde was supersonic
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Rockets?
International space station goes around the earth at about 7km/s if I recall correctly. And it's quite big.
That's the kind of speed of any rocket going to meet with ISS or being put into earth orbit. Things reentrying from orbit hit the atmosphere at about that speed too.
Things going or coming to the moon need slightly more, I think ballpark is 10km/s, and above that you're travelling to Mars, asteroids, Venus, Jupiter, etc etc.
I feel like that's even less like "everyday life" than OPs example of bullets lol
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Every mass is moving really fast from a certain point of view.
Well then you are lost!
There’s a dirty joke in here somewhere
radio waves dont have mass but do have relativistic mass. And you didnt clarify whether relativistic mass counted, so I'm going to go with radio waves. They travel at the speed of light. I am the winner. I'd like my nobel prize in literature now.
Why? What are you planning?
For the future (most plans are). /j
I was planning on getting information (mostly useless and anecdotal to me).
A skydiver's terminal velocity is about 90m/s (320km/h). Going beyond that requires propulsion.
Otherwise a visit to Japan or China might serve, Maglev trains can reach speeds in excess of 600km/h.
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Me when someone hits me up for a booty call.
Me, at the end of any social engagement.
It’s like that episode of Simpsons where they’re filming something at the Simpsons’ house and Homer learns there’s snacks. He suddenly becomes a Homer-shaped cloud of dust.
When you were a kid: The velocity of the adrenaline rushing to your brain triggering a "fight or flight" mode (mostly flight) after you hear the sound of your mother saying your full name in her native dialect.
(Actually the fear remains well into adulthood)
Adrenaline is released from the adrenal glands near the kidneys. From there, it first has to flow back to the heart, through the lungs, then back to the heart, and only then to the brain and the rest of the body. One full loop of your circulation takes about a minute at rest, and half a minute when your heart is really pumping, so lets take at least 20 seconds.
Yes but you haven't heard this guy's mother saying it in her native accent. It really gets the blood flowing.