Could you believe people were travelling at a speed of 285 km/h (177 mph) 60 years ago?
EDIT: I made a mistake! The maximum speed of 285 km/h belongs to the modern trains which are used today. The first generation of Shinkansen reached 210 km/h (130 mph) instead, which is still very fast but not as crazy as I first thought.
This is one of my favorite facts to share with my fellow Americans as a way to show how far behind our infrastructure is to the rest of the world.
Mine is the difference in Internet in Korea and the US
There is free wifi fucking SVERYWHERE in Seoul. But I never found it to be all that fast. Same for the internet speeds in the hotels I stayed at.