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Could you outrun a crossbow bolt? How about a 747?

Here’s a chart showing the typical speed of various Hollwood chase-scene pursuers, from T-Rexii to Boeing 747s. There were many craptacular things to mock about The Dat After Tomorrow, but most among them was a chase scene in which the protagonists need to outrun ice. This would have been handy then.

90 mph baseball pitch:
40.0 m/s

Stone from Commercial Slingshot:
42.5 m/s

Crossbow Bolt:
45.7 m/s

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