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Becoming The Fastest Man On Earth Wasn't Easy — Or Safe

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John Paul Stapp was a surgeon and an Air Force officer. And, in 1954, he became the "fastest man on earth," when he reached a speed of 632 miles per hour while testing the effects of acceleration and deceleration on the human body.
 
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