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~200,000 m/s is unfathomably fast. It's about 110,000 fathoms per second.

• fy20 2y ago
  Or if you prefer leagues, at that speed it would still take 9 minutes to reach the depth in Jules Verne's book.
  • mwcremer 2y ago
    The title refers to the distance the _Nautilus_ traveled while submerged, not the depth it reached.
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    • MereInterest 2y ago
      Until I realized this, the title was quite confusing. If “20,000 leagues” were referring to depth, it would be enough to go all the way through the Earth, exit the other side, and then make it a quarter of the way to the moon.
      • Loughla 2y ago
        Yeah he really needed a comma. 20,000 Leagues, Under the Sea I think it reads cleaner.