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TIL about Rocket Boots, invented by Soviet scientist Viktor Gordeyev. Instead of actual rockets, the boots were equipped with pistons filled with a fuel-air mixture. The boots enabled an average speed of 10.5 mph and a maximum speed of 22 mph.

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