{"id":4027,"date":"2016-04-27T09:54:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T08:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4027"},"modified":"2016-04-27T09:54:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T08:54:07","slug":"fastest-things-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/04\/27\/fastest-things-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fastest Things in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our latest infographic looks at some of the fastest things in the world \u2013 from outrageously fast cars, including the Bugatti Veyron SuperSport and the unofficial record holder the Hennessey Venom GT. As well as the rapid descent down the Insano waterslide in Brazil where you\u2019ll travel forty one metres in less than five seconds, and\u00a0the superfast JR Maglev train which races through the Japanese countryside at a grand speed of 373km per hour \u2013 faster even that the aptly named Shinkansen \u2018bullet train\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst not everything on our list hits mind-boggling speeds, some are included as they are the fastest in their field, for example the Soviet submarine K-222 and of course the Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who is regarded as the fastest person ever timed.<\/p>\n<p>At approximately 670 million mph, it is light (primarily from the Sun) that is undoubtedly the fastest thing in the world. Responsible for the human eye\u2019s sense of sight, it allows us to fully enjoy the world around us \u2013 whether we are experiencing life at super speeds or not. Take a look at the infographic below to discover just how many times you could circumnavigate the globe in a second if you could travel at the speed of light!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4028\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/fastest-things3.jpg\" alt=\"fastest-things-in-the-world\" width=\"960\" height=\"6000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/fastest-things3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/fastest-things3-48x300.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/fastest-things3-768x4800.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/fastest-things3-164x1024.jpg 164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our latest infographic looks at some of the fastest things in the world \u2013 from outrageously fast cars, including the Bugatti Veyron SuperSport and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[120,121,122],"class_list":["post-4027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-light","tag-science","tag-speed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Fastest Things in the World - Indoor\/Outdoor Lighting Guides &amp; 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