Trivia Question (no Googling)

[suzzer99]

Prior to the invention of the internal combustion engine, what was the fastest type of vehicle built by man?

[miajag]

Steam locomotive would be my guess, but that's probably wrong.

[gumpzilla]

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Prior to the invention of the internal combustion engine, what was the fastest type of vehicle built by man?

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Hmmmm. The velocipede? EDIT: This answer is really dumb but I [censored] love the word velocipede.

[miajag]

On second thought, didn't they have electric vehicles before gas-powered ones were invented?

[tuq]

suzzler,

Segways or word of mouth, whichever is faster.

[suzzer99]

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Steam locomotive would be my guess, but that's probably wrong.

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You would be correct.

That this guess is wrong.

(You like how I did that?)

[ocdscale]

My suspicion is some kind of ship.

[Borgland]

Paddlewheel?

[suzzer99]

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Prior to the invention of the internal combustion engine, what was the fastest type of vehicle built by man?

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Hmmmm. The velocipede? EDIT: This answer is really dumb but I [censored] love the word velocipede.

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That is awesome. But not correct of course.

[MicroBob]

Bicycle going really fast downhill.