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Peregrine falcons dive faster than skydivers and here’s the proof

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BBC’s Steve Leonard wanted to discover who dives the fastest in free fall: A peregrine falcon—known to be fastest animal on Earth—or two skydivers in tandem. To test that they jumped off a hot air balloon from 10,000 feet. Here’s what happened:


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