My cycling experience differs from yours. When I do bike routes on Google Maps it usually assumes about 17 km/h in Denmark - whose highest elevation is 148 m. Even I go faster than that.
I blame Starbucks for ruining coffee. Their servings are mostly milk and syrups and crap. I haven't added anything to my coffee, since I was 8. Once you go black, you never go back.
No, becuse they don't count as world records. But one Russian swimmer went faster than the current world record and won $1 mio. I can't be bothered ty find a link, I'm going on vacation.