Maximum Velocity: A compendium of the fastest things the world has to offer, and a celebration of the technological breakthroughs that feed the rush
.00000000709 mph - Pacific Plate: World?s Fastest Tectonic Plate
5.17 mph - Alexander Popov: World?s Fastest Swimmer
.0000237 mph - Bamboo: World?s fastest-growing plant
37.6 mph - Secretariat: World?s fastest thoroughbred
.0000151 mph - Qori Kalis: World?s fastest-receding tropical glacier
