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Cheetahs might be the fastest land animal at nearly [95 km/h](http://io9.gizmodo.com/we-finally-have-an-accurate-measurement-of-a-cheetahs-t-512903920), but it doesn’t even come close to the peregrine falcon [321 km/h](http://www.conservationinstitute.org/10-fastest-animals-on-earth/) dive speed.

Peregrine falcon!

Scientists estimate that the T. rex could only run as quickly as [29 km/h](http://www.livescience.com/8039-humans-run-40-mph-theory.html), while one of the world’s fastest sprinters was clocked at [45 km/h](http://www.livescience.com/8039-humans-run-40-mph-theory.html).

Competitive sprinter!

A lion can run up to [80 km/h](http://www.conservationinstitute.org/10-fastest-animals-on-earth/). A thoroughbred quarterhorse only gets up to [76 km/h](https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/200908/could-dogs-be-the-fastest-land-animals-in-the-world).

Lion!

Garden snails travel at [.047 km/h](http://10mosttoday.com/10-slowest-animals-in-the-world/) while the Oreasteridae starfish can only move at [.012 km/h](http://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/what-are-fastest-known-starfish.html).

Garden snail!

The world’s fastest speedboat was built in the ‘70s and holds the world record at [511 km/h](http://jalopnik.com/ten-of-the-fastest-boats-ever-made-1697883988). The fastest race car, meanwhile, only hit [434 km/h](http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/fastest-cars-in-the-world-photo-gallery/).

Speedboat!

The brown hare can reach up to [75 km/h](http://www.conservationinstitute.org/10-fastest-animals-on-earth/), just outdoing the greyhound by a mere [3 km/h](https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/200908/could-dogs-be-the-fastest-land-animals-in-the-world).

Hare!

[By a long shot](http://van.physics.illinois.edu/QA/listing.php?id=2076)! The speed of sound is approximately 340 meters per second through air while the speed of light in air is about 300 million meters per second.

The speed of light!

The fastest train in the world is located in Japan and travels at [603 km/h](http://www.slashgear.com/japans-new-maglev-bullet-train-is-now-the-fastest-in-the-world-22380159/). The fastest helicopter clocks in at [472 km/h](http://www.wonderslist.com/10-fastest-helicopters-in-the-world/).

Train!

A sail fish swims up to [109 km/h](http://www.extremescience.com/sailfish.htm), while a great white only reaches up to a potential [56 km/h](http://visual.ly/shark-speed-worlds-fastest-sharks).

Sail fish!

Diving headfirst, a skydiver can reach up to [322 km/h](https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/skydiving-how-fast-can-you-fall-through-the-air-terminal-velocity.html), while the world record for cycling is [268 km/h](http://fredrompelberg.com/EN/world-record).

Skydiver!

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