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The whip was the first man made object to break the sound barrier.

The whip was the first man made object to break the sound barrier. The inventor of the whip is unkown; as its use (more specifically, the crack of the whip) has been traced back all the way to ancient Egypt and Japan in motivating slaves to continue working.  What’s certain, however, is that as long as whips have been cracking, they have been the first man made devices to break the sound barrier. Certain types of whips have a loop in the material that can be moved down the whip...

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Published By: OMGFacts - Friday, 25 May, 2012