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Comfortable walking speed

Comfortable walking speed (5 km/h)

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Comfortable walking speed (5 km/h)

  • is 1/250 of Speed of sound (1,236 km/h)...more
  • is 1/250 of World Land Speed record (1,228 km/h)...more
  • is 1/40 of Fastest speed attained by a steam train (202.6 km/h)...more
  • is 1/25 of Top speed of a Grey-headed albatross (127 km/h)...more
  • is 1/20 of Comfortable driving speed (100 km/h)...more
  • is 1/10 of Top speed of a Blue Whale (50 km/h)...more
  • is 1/4 of Top speed of an Eastern Gray Squirrel (20 km/h)...more

If this was a standard unit ...