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Is 269,000 furlongs per fortnight as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)?

It's about one-and-a-half times as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)
The speed of a Knuckleball (baseball) is about 180,000 furlongs per fortnight.
(a.k.a. knuckler, a.k.a. floater, a.k.a. dancer, a.k.a. butterfly ball) (major league average)
The average speed of major league knuckleball pitch is 180,000 furlongs per fortnight. Eddie Cicotte, who was later implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal, is credited with developing the pitch ca. 1906.
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