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TIL of US Colonel John Stopp who conducted a series of G-Force tests in the late 40’s and early 50’s. He holds the world record for most G’s pulled on land, after traveling 632mph (1017 km/h) on a sled track in New Mexico on Dec 10, 1954. Stopping in 1.4 seconds he experienced 46.2 Gs

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