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Scotch tape's ripping sound is really tens of thousands of sonic booms per second. A 2026 KAUST team filming at 2M fps saw cracks race along the adhesive at 250–600 m/s, past the speed of sound (342 m/s). Each collapses a vacuum pocket at the edge, booming ~37,000 times/s.
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