# NOTE: virtually all of this data is taken from wikipedia's orders of magnitude pages

# acceleration
1.62 m/s^2 - $x moon gravity
9.81 m/s^2 - $x earth gravity
40 m/s^2 - $x high-G roller coaster
49 m/s^2 - $x threshold for dizziness and fainting
88 m/s^2 - $x fighter jet hard turn
177 m/s^2 - $x physical damage to humans
454 m/s^2 - $x John Stapp's record setting rocket sled run
982 m/s^2 - $x car crash momentary acceleration
2089 m/s^2 - $x Kenny Bräck's crash at the 2003 Chevy 500, the highest known survived acceleration
304420 m/s^2 - $x handgun bullet acceleration
3900000 m/s^2 - $x ultracentrifuge
7e12 m/s^2 - $x neutron star surface gravity
2.1e13 m/s^2 - $x LHC protons

# anglular momentum
7.9e-11 J*s - $x angular momentum of wristwatch second hand
250 J*s - $x angular momentum of olympic hammer throw
53000 J*s - $x angular momentum of large carousel
2.308e29 J*s - $x moon angular momentum
7.07e33 J*s - $x earth angular momentum
2.661e40 J*s - $x earth orbital angular momentum
1.676e41 J*s - $x sun angular momentum

# area
2.6e-70 m^2 - $x planck area
6 um^2 - $x surface area of E. coli
100 um^2 - $x surface area of a red blood cell
8000 um^2 - $x cross sectional area of typical human hair
55000 um^2 - $x area of a pixel
40 mm^2 - $x area of hole punch
290 mm^2 - $x area of US penny
500 mm^2 - $x area of a postage stamp
4600 mm^2 - $x area of a credit card
10000 mm^2 - $x area of an index card
62370 mm^2 - $x area of a sheet of A4 paper
1.73 m^2 - $x human body surface area
15 m^2 - $x parking space area
162 m^2 - $x volleyball court
261 m^2 - $x tennis court area
437 m^2 - $x basketball court
1250 m^2 - $x area of olympic swimming pool
5400 m^2 - $x area of american football field
7140 m^2 - $x area of soccer field
22100 m^2 - $x area of manhattan block
53000 m^2 - $x area of the base of the great pyramid of giza
59.5 km^2 - $x area of manhattan
490000 m^2 - $x area of the vatican
105 km^2 - $x area of paris inner city
110 km^2 - $x area of disney world
1100 km^2 - $x area of hong kong
1289 km^2 - $x area of los angeles
2188 km^2 - $x area of tokyo
11000 km^2 - $x area of jamaica
100000 km^2 - $x area of south korea
377900 km^2 - $x area of japan
510000 km^2 - $x area of turkey
1 Mm^2 - $x area of egypt
2 Mm^2 - $x area of mexico
5 Mm^2 - $x greatest extent of the roman empire
7.74 Mm^2 - $x area of australia
8.5 Mm^2 - $x area of brazil
9.5 Mm^2 - $x area of the US or china
10 Mm^2 - $x area of canada
14 Mm^2 - $x area of antarctica
17 Mm^2 - $x area of russia
30 Mm^2 - $x area of africa
35.5 Mm^2 - $x greatest extent of the british empire
38 Mm^2 - $x surface area of the moon
77 Mm^2 - $x area of atlantic ocean
144 Mm^2 - $x surface area of mars
150 Mm^2 - $x land area of earth
156 Mm^2 - $x area of pacific ocean
510 Mm^2 - $x surface area of earth
7600 Mm^2 - $x surface area of neptune
43000 Mm^2 - $x surface area of saturn
61000 Mm^2 - $x surface area of jupiter
6.1 Gm^2 - $x surface area of sun
700000 Em^2 - $x area of the milky way's disk

# bit rate
5.6 bit/sec - $x skilled morse code operator bitrate
8 kb/s - $x low quality telephone bitrate
56 kb/s - $x telephone modem bitrate
1.4112e6 bit/s - $x CD audio bitrate
8e6 bit/s - $x DVD video bitrate
10 Mb/s - $x 10 Mbps ethernet bitrate
100 MB/s - $x 100 Mbps ethernet bitrate
4.8e8 bit/s - $x USB 2.0 bitrate
1 Gb/s - $x gigabit ethernet bitrate
5e9 bit/s - $x USB 3.0 SuperSpeed bitrate
6 Gb/s - $x SATA 6Gb/s bitrate
10 Gb/s - $x 10 gigabit ethernet bitrate
10 Gb/s - $x USB 3.1 SuperSpeed bitrate
40 Gb/s - $x 40 gigabit ethernet bitrate
80 Gb/s - $x PCIe gen 2 x16 bitrate
100 Gb/s - $x 100 gigabit ethernet
128 Gb/s - $x PCIe gen 3 x16 bitrate
256 Gb/s - $x PCIe gen 4 x16 bitrate
512 Gb/s - $x PCIe gen 5 x16 bitrate
1.28 Tb/s - $x SEA-ME-WE 4 communications cable bitrate
3.84 Tb/s - $x I-ME-WE communications cable bitrate

# current (FINISH ME)
#160 zA - $x current of one electron per second
#10 uA - $x minimum current to cause death when applied directly to heart
#700 uA - $x hearing aid current consumption
#10 mA - $x current threshold for being able to let go of an electrocution source
#290 mA - $x television current consumption at 120V

# data
7 bit - $ ascii characters
8 bit - $ bytes
32 bit - $x IPv4 address data
128 bit - $x IPv6 address data
4074 bit - $x MPEG frame data
64 KiB - $x RAM capcity of commodore 64
4147200 bit - $x uncompressed NTSC DVD frame data
5 MiB - $x data capacity of the complete works of shakespeare
75 Mb - $x data capacity of a phone book
650 MiB - $x data capacity of a CD
6.4e9 bit - $x data capacity of the human genome
4 GiB - $x addressable space on a 32 bit system
4.7 GB - $x single sided single layer DVD data capacity
25 GB - $x single sided single layer Blu-ray data capacity
128 GiB - $x data capacity of the largest known genome, polychaos dubium
4 PiB - $x addressable space on AMD64
10 PiB - $x data in US library of congress collection
0.36 ZB - $x data capacity of 1 gram of DNA

# energy
1.6e-24 J - $x energy of microwave oven photon
0.9 eV - $x energy of hydrogen bond
1.6 eV - $x energy of red photon
3.1 eV - $x energy of blue photon
6 eV - $x energy of a covalent bond
1.44 MeV - $x energy of two protons fusing into deuterium
215 MeV - $x energy of a single U-235 fission event
1.6e-7 J - $x kinetic energy of a flying mosquito
6.5 TeV - $x energy of a single proton in the LHC in 2015
1 J - $x energy of a particularly small apple falling 1 meter
1 J - $x energy to heat 1 gram of air by 1 degree C
50 J - $x energy of the oh-my-god particle
200 J - $x energy given for defibrillation
300 J - $x kinetic energy of average human jumping as high as possible
330 J - $x energy to melt 1 gram of ice
400 J - $x energy of fast thrown javelin
1400 J - $x energy received by 1 m^2 of the earth's surface from the sun every second
1800 J - $x energy of a 5.56x45mm NATO round fired from an M16
2300 J - $x energy to vaporize 1 gram of water to steam
4184 J - $x energy released by 1 gram of TNT
7000 J - $x energy of elephant gun projectile
9000 J - $x energy in AA battery
45000 J - $x energy released by 1 gram of gasoline
50000 J - $x kinetic energy of 1 gram moving at orbital velocity
1e6 J - $x kinetic energy of a large car speeding on the highway
1.2e6 J - $x kinetic energy of a snickers bar
4184000 J - $x kinetic energy of 1 kilogram of TNT
2000 foodcalorie - $x recommended daily calorie intake
4e7 J - $x energy from combustion of 1 m^3 of natural gas
6.3e7 J - $x energy to get 1 kg to escape velocity from earth, ignoring atmosphere
5e9 J - $x energy in a lightning bolt
2e9 J - $x energy in typical gas tank
4.184e9 J - $x energy in 1 ton of TNT
1.9e10 J - $x energy of an A380 at crusing speed
4.6e10 J - $x energy of the Massive Ordnance Air Blast
8.8e10 J - $x energy released in the fission of 1 gram of U-235
9e10 J - $x mass energy in one milligram of matter
2.4e11 J - $x average human lifetime calorie consumption
4e12 J - $x electricity produced by 20kg of uranium fuel
1.2e13 J - $x ISS kinetic energy
6.3e13 J - $x yield of Little Boy, dropped on Hiroshima
8.8e13 J - $x yeild of Fat Man, dropped on Nagasaki
9e13 J - $x mass energy of 1 gram of matter
3.75e14 J - $x Chelyabinsk meteor energy release
4.184e15 J - $ megatons of TNT
1e16 J - $x energy to form Meteor Crater
9e16 J - $x mass energy of 1 kg of matter
1e17 J - $x magnitude 9.1-9.3 2004 indian ocean earthquake
1.7e17 J - $x energy from the sun that strikes the earth every second
2.1e17 J - $x yield of Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon tested
8e17 J - $x energy released in the 1883 krakatoa eruption
1.2e19 J - $x global nuclear arsenal energy
6.9e21 J - $x estimated energy in global natural gas reserves
7.9e21 J - $x estimated energy in global petroleum reserves
1.5e22 J - $x energy from the sun that strikes earth every day
2.4e22 J - $x estimated energy in global coal reserves
2.2e23 J - $x estimated energy in global U-238 reserves with fast reactors
3e23 J - $x KT impact
5.5e25 J - $x energy from sun that strikes the earth every year
10e25 J - $x extremely large solar flare
3.8e26 J - $x energy the sun outputs every second
3e27 J - $x energy to vaporize all water on earth
3.8e28 J - $x the moon's kinetic energy around the earth
2.1e29 J - $x the earth's rotational kinetic energy
1.8e30 J - $x gravitational binding energy of mercury
3.3e31 J - $x energy the sun outputs every day
2e32 J - $x graviational binding energy of earth
2.7e32 J - $x earth's kinetic energy around the sun
1.2e32 J - $x energy the sun outputs every year
6.6e39 J - $x mass energy of the moon
2.276e41 J - $x gravitational binding energy of the sun
5.4e41 J - $x mass energy of earth
5e43 J - $x gamma ray energy released in a gamma ray burst
1e44 J - $x energy released in a supernova
1.2e44 J - $x the sun's lifetime output energy
1.8e47 J - $x mass energy of the sun
1.2e48 J - $x the most energetic black hole merger observed

# force
8.9 qN - $x weight of an electron
16 rN - $x weight of a hydrogen atom
4 pN - $x force to break a hydrogen bond
1.7 nN - $x force to break a typical covalent bond
1.4 N - $x weight of a smartphone
2.5 N - $x ion engine thrust
50 N - $x force to break an eggshell
720 N - $x force of a human bite
9 kN - $x alligator bite
18 kN - $x great white shark bite
100 kN - $x force applied by seatbelt and airbag to a passenger in a car crash
569 kN - $x force of GE90 turbofan engine
890 kN - $x force of a diesel-electric locomotive
1.8 MN - $x RS-25 takeoff thrust
35 MN - $x thrust of Saturn V takeoff
200 EN - $x gravitational attraction force between earth and the moon
35 ZN - $x gravitational attraction force between earth and the sun
450 RN - $x gravitational attraction force between the milky way and andromeda

# frequency
31.71 fHz - $ times per million years
31.71 pHz - $ times per millenium
317.1 pHz - $ times per century
3.171 nHz - $ times per decade
31.71 nHz - $ times per year
380.5 nHz - $ times per month
1.653 uHz - $ times per week
11.57 uHz - $ times per day
277.8 uHz - $ times per hour
16.667 mHz - $ times per minute
10 Hz - $x car engine at idle
20 Hz - $x lower bound of human hearing
60 Hz - $x mains power frequency in the US
100 Hz - $x car engine at redline
20 kHz - $x upper bound of human hearing
44.1 kHz - $x typical audio sampling frequency
13.56 MHz - $x NFC communications frequency
2.4 GHz - $x microwave oven frequency
400 THz - $x red light frequency
790 THz - $x blue light frequency

# TODO: illuminance and luminance

# length
0.0000162 qm - $x planck length
1 am - $x sensitivity of LIGO
1700 am - $x proton diameter
11.7 fm - $x uranium nucleus diameter
56 pm - $x helium atom diameter
154 pm - $x typical covalent bond length
280 pm - $x average length of water molecule
500 pm - $x protein alpha helix width
1 nm - $x carbon nanotube diameter
2 nm - $x DNA helix diameter
8 nm - $x cell membrane thickness
13.5 nm - $x wavelength of extreme ultraviolet used in EUV lithography
45 nm - $x distance between transistor gates on TSMC's N3 node
120 nm - $x width of HIV
400 nm - $x wavelength of blue light
700 nm - $x wavelength of red light
2 um - $x length of bacteria
4 um - $x diameter of spider silk
7 um - $x length of red blood cell
10 um - $x width of transistors in intel 4004
12 um - $x width of acrylic fiber
100 um - $x width of human hair
# TODO: check hair against area, add pixel
20 mm - $x width of a finger
86 mm - $x long edge of a credit card
74 mm - $x diameter of a baseball
120 mm - $x diameter of a CD
2.72 m - $x the height of Robert Wadlow, the tallest known human
8.38 m - $x the length of a london bus
33 m - $x the length of the longest known blue whale
52 m - $x the height of niagra falls
93.47 m - $x the height of the statue of liberty
105 m - $x the length of a soccer field
137 m - $x the height of the great pyramid of giza
300 m - $x the height of the eiffel tower
2.3 km - $x the length of the three gorges dam
8.848 km - $x the height of mount everest
10.9 km - $x the depth of challenger deep
27 km - $x the circumference of the LHC
42.195 km - $x the length of a marathon
100 km - $x the distance to the kármán line, the edge of space
163 km - $x the length of the suez canal
974.6 km - $x the diameter of dwarf planet ceres
2.38 Mm - $x the diameter of pluto
3.48 Mm - $x the diameter of the moon
6.371 Mm - $x the mean radius of earth
6.4 Mm - $x the length of the great wall of china
6.6 Mm - $x the length of the nile
9.288 Mm - $x the length of the trans-siberian railway, the longest in the world
12.756 Mm - $x the equatorial diameter of earth
20.004 Mm - $x the distance between the north and south poles along the earth's surface
40.075 Mm - $x the circumference of earth
142.984 Mm - $x the diameter of jupiter
299.792 Mm - $ light seconds
384.4 Mm - $x the distance to the moon
1.39 Gm - $x the diameter of the sun
1 c*min - $ light minutes
1 au - $ astronomical units
1.4 Tm - $x the distance from the sun to saturn
2 Tm - $x diameter of very large stars
5.9 Tm - $x the distance from the sun to pluto
135.08191033 au - $x the distance from the sun to Voyager 1 as of November 28th 2023
62.03 Tm - $x the diameter of the event horizon of the largest known black hole
200 Tm - $x the length of all the DNA in an adult human
7.5 Tm - $x the approximate outer boundary of the Oort cloud
1 ly - $ light years
39.9 Pm - $x distance to the nearest star, proxima centauri
615 Pm - $x the radius of earth's radio bubble
9.46 Em - $x the thickness of the milky way
1.9 Zm - $x the diameter of the milky way
24 Zm - $x the distance to andromeda
50 Zm - $x the diameter of the local group of galaxies
2.19 Ym - $x the diameter of the local supercluster
9.461 Ym - $x the diameter of the pisces-cetus supercluster complex
870 Ym - $x the diameter of the observable universe

# magnetic field
500 fT - $x the magnetic field produced by a human brain
300 nT - $x the magnetic field from residential electric lines from 15 meters away
2 uT - $x the magnetic field from high power transmission electric lines from 30 meters away
6 uT - $x the magnetic field produced by a microwave oven from 30cm away
24 uT - $x the magnetic field from magnetic tape at the tape head
31 uT - $x the field strength of earth's magnetic field at the equator
58 uT - $x the field strength of earth's magnetic field at 50d latitude
5 mT - $x the magnetic field of a refrigerator magnet
1.25 T - $x the field strength of a neodynium magnet
5 T - $x the field strength of typical MRI machines
16 T - $x frog levitating magnetic field
45.22 T - $x record continuous magnetic field strength

# mass
9.11e-31 kg - $x electron mass
1.661e-27 kg - $ daltons
1.673e-27 kg - $x proton mass
1.674e-27 kg - $x hydrogen atom mass
3e-26 kg - $x water molecule mass
5.5e-23 kg - $x typical protein mass
1e-18 kg - $x HIV mass
4.7e-18 kg - $x mass of E. coli genome
1e-15 kg - $x E. coli mass
6e-15 kg - $x mass of DNA in a human cell
1 ng - $x mass of an average human cell
7e-8 kg - $x mass of an eyelash
2.5e-6 kg - $x mass of a grain of sand
2e-5 kg - $x housefly mass
1 g - mass of $ cm^3 of water
30 g - $x mass of adult mouse
150 g - $x mass of an orange
0.145 kg - $x mass of a baseball
4.5 kg - $x mass of a housecat
5.0 kg - mass of $ canadian geese
150 kg - $x mass of a lion
300 kg - $x mass of a grand piano
1500 kg - $x mass of a typical car
3000 kg - $x mass of an elephant
27000 kg - $x mass of ENIAC
40000 kg - $x mass of loaded semi truck
63 uston - $x mass of M1A1 abrams
7.3e4 kg - $x mass of argentinosaurus, the largest dinosaur
1.8e5 kg - $x mass of the heaviest known blue whale
4.2e5 kg - $x mass of the ISS
6e5 kg - $x the mass of the Antonov An-225 Mriya before the russians burned it
2e6 kg - $x the launch mass of the space shuttle
7.8e6 kg - $x the mass of a Virginia-class attack submarine
6e9 kg - $x the mass of the great pyramid of giza
6e10 kg - $x the mass of concrete in the three gorges dam
6e11 kg - $x the mass of the total human population
9.4e20 kg - $x the mass of ceres, a dwarf planet
1.4e21 kg - $x the mass of earth's oceans
1.5e21 kg - $x the mass of pluto's moon charon
3.2e21 kg - $x the mass of the asteroid belt
1.3e22 kg - $x the mass of pluto
7.3e22 kg - $x the mass of the moon
1.3e23 kg - $x the mass of titan
3.3e23 kg - $x the mass of mercury
6.4e23 kg - $x the mass of mars
6e24 kg - $x the mass of earth
5.7e26 kg - $x the mass of saturn
1.9e27 kg - $x the mass of jupiter
2e30 kg - $x the mass of the sun
4e31 kg - $x the mass of Betelguese, a red supergiant
10e35 kg - $x the mass of a typical globular cluster

# TODO: more space stuff

# molar concentration
1.66 ymol/L - $ particles per liter
2 fmol/L - $x the concentration of bacteria in surface seawater
8 pmol/L - $x the concentration of red blood cells in blood
44.7 mmol/L - $x the concentration of an ideal gas at 0 degrees C and atmospheric pressure

# power
1e-16 W - $x the power of GPS signals at the earth's surface
2e-16 W - $x the minimum power detectable by the human eye
2.5e-15 W - $x the minimum power for a good FM receiver to get a good signal
1e-12 W - $x a human cell's power consumption
1e-6 W - $x the power consumption of a wristwatch
7e-2 W - $x the antenna power in a typical wifi router
4 W - $x the power consumption of an incandescent night light
30 W - $x the power consumption of a human brain
60 W - $x the power consumption of an incandescent light bulb
100 W - $x the power consumption of a typical human at rest
120 W - $x the power output of a 1 square meter solar panel
200 W - $x stationary bicycle average power output
300 W - $x RTX 4080 peak power consumption
500 W - $x output power of a human working hard
7.457e2 W - $ horsepower
9.09e2 W - $x the peak output power of a non-athlete human on a bicycle
1100 W - $x the power output of a microwave oven
1500 W - $x the power consumption of an electric kettle in the US
2000 W - $x the short time power output of a skilled athlete
1.4e4 W - $x the average power consumption of an EV on the highway
4.5e5 W - $x the power output of a semi truck engine
1.3e6 W - $x the power output of the rolls royce merlin
2e6 W - $x the power of a typical wind turbine
2.5e6 W - $x the peak power output of a blue whale
3e6 W - $x the output power of a diesel locomotive
7e6 W - $x the output power of a top fuel dragster
2.6e7 W - $x the power output of a los angeles-class submarine's reactor
7.5e7 W - $x the power output of a GE90 turbofan engine
1.9e8 W - $x the peak power output of a nimitz-class carrier
2.074e9 W - $x the peak power output of the hoover dam
3.4e9 W - $x the 2017 estimated bitcoin power consumption
4.116e9 W - $x the capacity of the largest coal fired power plant
8.21e9 W - $x the capacity of the largest nuclear plant
1.17e10 W - $x the power output of the space shuttle and SRBs at launch
1.83e10 W - $x the power output of the three gorges dam
5.027e10 W - $x the peak power consumption of california (2018)
1.016e11 W - $x the peak power consumption of france (2012)
1.66e11 W - $x the power consumption of the Saturn V's first stage
7e11 W - $x the resting power consumption of 7 billion humans
3.34e12 W - $x the US's average power consumption, including gas (2005)
1.91e13 W - $x the average total power consumption of the human world
1.4e14 W - $x the average power production of all photosynthesis on earth
2.9e14 W - $x the peak power output of the Z pulsed power facility
4.6e14 W - $x the earth's net heating
5e16 W - $x the estimated power output of a kardashev type I civilization
5.3e24 W - $x the peak power output of the tsar bomba
5e25 W - $x the estimated power output of a kardashev type II civilization
3.846e26 W - $x the luminosity of the sun
4e34 W - $x the estimated power output of a kardashev type III civilization
5e36 W - $x the luminosity of the milky way
2.2e38 W - $x the luminosity of a particularly large supernova
1e39 W - $x the luminosity of a quasar
1e41 W - $x the luminosity of the biggest quasars
1e42 W - $x the luminosity of the local supercluster
3e42 W - $x the luminosity of a gamma ray burst

# pressure
10 aPa - $x pressure in intergalactic space
5 fPa - $x pressure in interstellar space
1 pPa - $x lowest pressures attained in the lab
40 pPa - $x the pressure on the moon during the day
100 pPa - $x upper bound on extremely high vacuum
300 pPa - $x approximate pressure on the moon during the night
100 nPa - $x upper bound on ultra high vacuum
10 uPa - $x radiation pressure on a perfect mirror from the sun at 1 AU
20 uPa - $x the threshold pressure for human hearing
100 mPa - $x upper bound on high vacuum
1 Pa - $x the pressure from a US dollar bill resting flat
10 Pa - the pressure from $ millimeters of water
86 Pa - $x the pressure of a US penny
100 Pa - $x the pressure of a strong breeze
200 Pa - $x the pressure threshold of pain for human hearing
300 Pa - $x the lung pressure delta during normal breathing
400 Pa - $x the atmosphere of mars
5 kPa - $x the pressure to break glass
9.8 kPa - $x the lung pressure most humans can exert
10 kPa - the pressure of $ meters of water
34 kPa - $x the overpressure to collapse most buildings
34 kPa - $x the pressure at the top of mount everest
75 kPa - $x the minimum airplane cabin pressure
101.325 kPa - $ atmospheres
60 psi - $x bicycle tire pressure
300 kPa - $x garden hoze pressure
500 kPa - $x champagne bottle pressure
800 kPa - $x truck tire pressure
1 MPa - $x steam locomotive boiler pressure
1.1 MPa - $x pressure from a human bite
5 MPa - $x estimated maximum pressure of seawolf class
15 MPa - $x pressure washer pressure
15.5 MPa - $x nuclear reactor coolant pressure
21 MPa - $x pressure of scuba air tanks
40 MPa - $x pressure at the depth of the titanic
150 MPa - $x chamber pressure of a pistol
110 MPa - $x water pressure in challenger deep
400 MPa - $x .50 BMG chamber pressure
300 MPa - $x waterjet cutter pressure
1.5 GPa - $x tensile strength of inconel 625
18 GPa - $x pressure of first commercially successful diamon synthesis
69 GPa - $x highest water jet pressure in lab
96 GPa - $x pressure to form metallic oxygen
100 GPa - $x tensile strength of carbon nanotubes
360 GPa - $x the pressure in earth's core
5 TPa - $x the pressure achieved by the national ignition facility ICF experiment
540 TPa - $x the pressure in Ivy Mike detonation
6.5 PPa - $x the pressure in W80 detonation
25 PPa - $x the pressure in the sun's core

# TODO radiation

# speed
1.4e-14 m/s - $x crystal growth in cave of the grystals
1e-13 m/s - $x erosion rate of bedrock
4.12e-12 m/s - $x growth rate of a stalactite
1.5e-9 m/s - $x the speed of continental drift
1.3e-9 m/s - $x the speed the moon is drifting away from earth
4.8e-9 m/s - $x the average human hair growth speed
1.02e-5 m/s - $x the speed of a 7cm hour hand on a 12 hour clock
1.4e-5 m/s - $x the speed of bamboo growth
4e-4 m/s - $x the speed of a fast glacier
6e-4 m/s - $x the speed of the fastest swimming bacteria
0.00275 m/s - $x the speed of the world record fastest snail
0.0476 m/s - $x the speed of a cassette tape
0.08 m/s - $x the top speed of a sloth
1.2 m/s - $x the speed of nerve impulses in the brain
1.25 m/s - $x an average walking speed
2.39 m/s - $x world record 50m freestyle swim
5.78 m/s - $x world record marathon
6.5 m/s - $x comfortable bicyling speed
10.438 m/s - $x usain bolt's average speed on the 100m sprint
12.42 m/s - $x usain bolt's top speed
14 m/s - $x road race cyclist speed
17 m/s - $x racehorse speed
30 m/s - $x freeway speed
30 m/s - $x cheetah sprint
40 m/s - $x top speed of a local service train
54 m/s - $x human terminal velocity when face down
67 m/s - $x the speed of the world's fastest roller coaster
90 m/s - $x the top speed of the peregrine falcon in a dive
103.5 m/s - $x the formula one record speed
120 m/s - $x the speed of motor neuron impulses
124.219 m/s - $x the maximum speed of the fastest production car
150.6 m/s - $x the maximum speed of a top fuel dragster
250 m/s - $x the cruise speed of a jet airliner
314 m/s - $x the top speed of WWII era aircraft
320 m/s - $x the speed of a .22 LR bullet
340.3 m/s - mach $ at sea level
344.77 m/s - $x ThrustSSC's land speed record
428 m/s - $x the bell X-1's max speed
464 m/s - $x the speed of earth's rotation at the equator
603 m/s - $x the speed of the concorde
975 m/s - $x the speed of a rifle round
981 m/s - $x the speed of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
1500 m/s - $x the speed of sound in water
2019 m/s - $x the speed of the X-15
2375 m/s - $x escape velocity of the moon
2885 m/s - $x the speed of the fastest rocket sled
3373 m/s - $x the speed of the X-43 hypersonic test aircraft
7700 m/s - $x LEO orbital velocity
7777 m/s - $x detcord detonation speed
10600 m/s - $x the projected detonation speed of octanitrocubane
11107 m/s - $x Apollo 10's reentry speed
11200 m/s - $x earth escape velocity
16210 m/s - $x the speed of New Horizons when leaving earth
17000 m/s - $x the speed of Voyager 1 when it exited the solar system
29800 m/s - $x earth's orbital velocity
47800 m/s - $x Galileo reentry speed
66000 m/s - $x the lower speed bound of the steel plate flug by Plumbob Pascal-B
192000 m/s - $x planned top speed of Parker Solar Probe
200000 m/s - $x orbital speed of the solar system in the milky way
445000 m/s - $x the implosion speed of a capsule in the National Ignition Facility
617700 m/s - $x escape velocity from the sun's surface
100000000 m/s - $x the speed of the return stroke of lightning
124000000 m/s - $x the speed of light in diamond
150000000 m/s - $x the escape velocity of a neutron star
1 c - $x the speed of light

# jokes
0.01 teller - $% as insane as Edward Teller