Steam-powered car breaks world speed record

From British Steam Car

British team breaks oldest land speed record

Today [Aug. 25] at 8.19am Charles Burnett III successfully broke the land speed record for a steam powered car – which has stood for more than 100 years – achieving an average speed of 139.843mph on two runs over a measured mile.

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Is this the fastest kettle in the world?

The British Steam Car just unofficially broke the 103-year-old speed record for steam cars and it now poised to do so officially. It did 137 mph, is built to do 170 mph, and burns “23 cups of tea per second.”

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