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"From My Understanding"

Permalink Submitted by Buckmeister1 on March 11, 2017

Fact Check!
Sound actually travels faster through water than through air, approximately 4x faster, . 767 mph in air at sea level and 68 deg. F , (344 meters per second at 20 deg. C for our Northern friends.)

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