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If I recall correctly the fastest object ever was a manhole cover after an explosion. If it was sentient then it would be the fastest creature. BRB, going to look up the incedent.

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ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

During the Pascal-B nuclear test of August 1957, a 900-kilogram (2,000 lb) iron lid was welded over the borehole to contain the nuclear blast, despite Brownlee predicting that it would not work. When Pascal-B was detonated, the blast went straight up the test shaft, launching the cap into the atmosphere at a speed of more than 66 km/s (41 mi/s; 240,000 km/h; 150,000 mph). The plate was never found. Scientists believe compression heating caused the cap to vaporize as it sped through the atmosphere.

A one ton iron vent cap (sewer plate) moved so fast it vaporized. Iron into gas, just add velocity in atmo. That’s so fucking cool.

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- MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  No, it was clearly not cool, hence the vaporization.
  
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