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Pictures: World’s Fastest Things

105.4 mph - Zdeno Chara recorded this speed during the 2009 NHL All-Star Skills Competition. However there are rumors that Bobby Hull had a slapshot clocked at 118.3 mph which was fired during an era when goalie masks weren't mandatory.

105.4 mph - Zdeno Chara recorded this speed during the 2009 NHL All-Star Skills Competition. However there are rumors that Bobby Hull had a slapshot clocked at 118.3 mph which was fired during an era when goalie masks weren’t mandatory.  (Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)

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World's fastest pumpkin carving

24.03 seconds - Stephen Clarke accomplished this feat in 2006, beating his own record while participating in the ‘Food Network Challenge: Guinness World Records Week’.  (Photo by Donald Kravitz/Getty Images)

The fastest typist in the world

212 words per minute - Barbara Blackburn is the fastest English typist in the world, according the Guinness Book of World Records. She managed to type at 150 words a minute for 50 minutes, and peaked at 212 words a minute. She even showed offer her talents on ‘The David Letterman Show’ in 1985. She died in 2008.  (Photo by Eduardo Parra/Getty Images)

World's fastest bird

65-68 mph - The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest bird on record. Its horizontal cruising speeds can reach 55 mph, but can fly and swoop at speeds reaching speeds much higher. The Peregrine Falcon uses this ability to prey on other birds like pigeons, ducks, and pheasants.  (Photo by GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images)

World's fastest roller coaster

128 mph - The Kinda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey tops the list of fastest roller coasters in the world. The ride opened up in 2005, and slingshots riders at a speed of 128 mph in just 3.5 seconds before shooting them up a 456 foot climb, then back into a vertical plunge.  (Photo by STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

World's fastest horse

Kentucky Derby record: 1:59 2/5, Belmont Stakes record 2:24 - The legendary horse set track records at the two Triple Crown races in 1973. The records still stand today. The horse’s legendary Triple Crown season will be featured in a new Disney movie ‘Secretariat’  (Photo by Focus On Sport/Getty Images)

World's fastest sprinter

100 meters in 9.58 seconds - Jamaica’s Usain Bolt shattered the world record at the 2009 world championships, running 100 meters in 9.58 seconds to turn his much-anticipated race against Tyson Gay into a one-man show. That was 0.11 seconds faster than the mark he set the previous year at the Beijing Olympics, the biggest improvement in the 100-meter record since electronic timing began in 1968.  (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

World's fastest text message

26 words in 25.94 seconds - A British woman, Melissa Thompson broke the world record for typing the fastest text message, after typing a 26 word message in 25.94 seconds. The message she typed in 25.94 seconds: “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human”  (Photo by KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

World's fastest land animal

70 mph - Cheetahs can run up to 70 miles per hour  (Photo by Melanie Stetson Freeman/Getty Images)

World's fastest tennis serve

155 mph - The current serve record lies with Andy Roddick, 155 mph (249.4 kph). It happened on September 27, 2004 in a Davis Cup match against Belarus. Roddick was playing Vladimir Voltchkov and the serve set him up with three match points.  (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)

World's fastest pitch

100.9 mph - The greatest RELIABLY recorded speed at which a baseball has been pitched is 100.9 mph by Nolan Ryan (California Angels) at Anaheim Stadium in California on August 20, 1974.  (Photo by Tony Tomsic/WireImage)

World's fastest sailing speed

60.2 mph - The ‘flying boat’ Hydroptere, a high-speed multihull prototype skipped by French Alain Thebault, broke the sailing speed world record off the coast of Hyeres, southern France, with a run at a speed average of 50.17 knots (60.2 mph) during a nautical mile.  (Photo by GUILAIN GRENIER/AFP/Getty Images)

World's fastest motorcycle

197.65 mph - Michael Phillips set a world speed record of 197.65 mph during the FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals on July 18, 2010 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California.  (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

World's fastest cycle across America

44 days, 3 hours, 2 minutes and 26 seconds - The fastest cycle (North-South, West-East) across America was achieved by Paul Spencer (UK) in 44 days, 3 hours, 2 minutes and 26 seconds from July 8 to August 21, 2010.  (Photo by Jerritt Clark/WireImage)

World's fastest car

267.86 mph - The fastest production car is the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport, which achieved a two-way timed speed of 267.86 mph at the Volkswagen proving grounds in Ehra-Lessien near Wolfsburg, Germany, on June 26, 2010.  (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

World's fastest time to eat a 12" pizza

1 min 45.37 sec - The fastest time to eat a 12” pizza was set by Josh Anderson in an event in Wellington, New Zealand, on March 22, 2008.  (Photo by Jerritt Clark/WireImage)

World's fastest time to pluck a turkey

1 minute 30 seconds - Vincent Pilkington of Cootehill, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, plucked a turkey in 1 minute 30 seconds on November 17, 1980.  (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

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