The highest recorded kick in the professional game is a hundred and thirty one miles per hour. The design of the new balls has enabled them to travel faster, which is speeding the game up. It's not just a defromate because you can deform something that doesn't bounce back. And then it's no good. That's the temper that's the temper PEDIC ball.
How do bikes and motorcycles stay up? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explain how to kick a ball into orbit, what’s going on with cricket, and the physics of bicycles.
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