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In 1954 John Stapp strapped himself to a rocket sled, accelerated to 632 MPH in 5 seconds, and then decelerated to 0 MPH in 1.4 seconds. He experienced 46.2 G's. He went temporarily blind and experienced two black eyes from his eyeballs having been shot so far forward.
Cosmic rays were responsible for '09 - '11 Toyota Priuses to uncontrollably accelerate by flipping a 'bit' in the onboard computer from a 0 to a 1.
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The American Sentinel anti ballistic missile shield employed a missile that accelerated from 0 to mach 10 in 5 seconds, pulling 100g's.
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The stock 1991 GMC Syclone pickup had a 0-60 in 4.3 seconds making it the fastest accelerating production vehicle in America at the time.
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A Top Fuel Dragster can accelerate from 0-100 miles per hour in 0.8 seconds. It can reach of speed of 335 miles per hour and travel 1000 ft in 3.5 seconds.
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The Tesla P90D accelerates from 0 to 60 mph (2.6 sec) faster than an object in free fall (2.7 sec)
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A chameleons tongue can accelerate from 0 to 60 in 1/100 of a second
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The 1965 Shelby Cobra could accelerate from 0 to 100 mph and stop again in under 14 seconds
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The fastest accelerating living organism is a fungus, Pilobolus crystallinus. It's spore gets shot out from 0-45mph in 2 millionths of a second and clears over 2 meters in distance.
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It takes only 8 minutes after lift-off for the space shuttle to accelerate from 0 to 18,000mph, and to go 800miles away from its launch pad and more than 67 miles altitude. (Yes, all within 8 minutes)
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Cheetahs can accelerate from 0-60 in just 3 seconds, which is faster than most supercars
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