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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Just a nitpick, the fastest transportation for thousands of years were boats.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Just a nit pick, but you could run faster than sail boats, so they're only faster for long distance

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

even sailboats have their own history of getting faster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_sailing_record

Sure you could run faster than average but best speed as of 2012: 121.1kmph 75.2mph

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Sure, a new boat can go much faster, but OP es referring to older ships from before the train & plane were invented.

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