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  2. Newton's cannonball - Wikipedia

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    A cannon on top of a very high mountain shoots a cannonball horizontally. If the speed is low, the cannonball quickly falls back to Earth (A, B). At intermediate speeds, it will revolve around Earth along an elliptical orbit (C, D). Beyond the escape velocity, it will leave the Earth without returning (E).

  3. Move fast and break things - Wikipedia

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    Move fast and break things may refer to: Move fast and break things (motto), internal motto used by Facebook until 2014, as coined by Mark Zuckerberg; Move Fast and Break Things, 2017 book by Jonathan Taplin subtitled How Facebook, Google and Amazon Have Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy "Move Fast and Break Things", a 2020 episode of ...

  4. Wagon-wheel effect - Wikipedia

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    By humming at slightly higher and lower frequencies, he was able to make the rotation reverse slowly and to make the rotation go slowly in the direction of rotation. A similar stroboscopic effect is now commonly observed by people eating crunchy foods, such as carrots, while watching TV: the image appears to shimmer. [ 7 ]

  5. 10 weird things that can kill you almost instantly - AOL

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    When that happens, the fish immediately release venom into whatever disturbed it. Effects are fast acting and can include heart stoppage, seizures, and paralysis. Number 8.Cleaning the toilet. No ...

  6. Glacial motion - Wikipedia

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    Most lakes in the world occupy basins scoured out by glaciers. Glacial motion can be fast (up to 30 metres per day (98 ft/d), observed on Jakobshavn Isbræ in Greenland) [1] or slow (0.5 metres per year (20 in/year) on small glaciers or in the center of ice sheets), but is typically around 25 centimetres per day (9.8 in/d). [2]

  7. Orders of magnitude (speed) - Wikipedia

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    Typical speed of car (freeway); cheetah—fastest of all terrestrial animals; sailfish—fastest fish; speed of go-fast boat. 40: 140: 90: 1.3 × 10 −7: Typical peak speed of a local service train (or intercity on lower standard tracks). 40.05: 144.17: 89.59: 1.335 × 10 −7: Land speed record for a human powered vehicle. [14] 54: 195: 122 ...

  8. Costco infuriates customers by constantly moving things ... - AOL

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    In an article for Fast Company, Costco warehouse designer Stan Laegreid compared the layouts of the stores to an elaborate "racetrack" that exposes shoppers to "a greater number of products."

  9. Rapid plant movement - Wikipedia

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    A variety of mechanisms are employed by plants in order to achieve these fast movements. Extremely fast movements such as the explosive spore dispersal techniques of Sphagnum mosses may involve increasing internal pressure via dehydration, causing a sudden propulsion of spores up or through the rapid opening of the "flower" opening triggered by ...