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Meet the fastest cars in the world 20 years after Thrust SSC's land speed record | Guinness World Records
Science and Technology - Thrust SSC holds the world land speed record, set on 15 October 1997, when it achieved a speed of 1,228 km/h (763 mph) and became the first land
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