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kiruha [24]
3 years ago
8

What is the fastest thing in the world, and what is its speed?

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1 answer:
ivanzaharov [21]3 years ago
3 0

The fastest Thing in the world is said to be light.

Its speed has been measured to be an incredible 299,792,458 m / s

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