Can you run as fast as The Flash?

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Can you run as fast as The Flash?

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Jun 16, 2023

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Barry Allen – The Flash – can run pretty fast... but can you?
Kicking off season six of Mysteries of Science, Michael and Dan chat to top experts from a fitness trainer to a physics professor to try and work out what the speed limit of the human body is.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Jun 16, 2023

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