Over the next few weeks, Paris will host the world's best athletes, including some of the fastest people on the planet: those who will compete in the Olympics include those who can run a marathon in just over two hours, a mile in under four minutes, and 100 meters in under 10 seconds.
Earlier this month, an unlikely group of athletes gathered in the English countryside town of Congham: dozens of snails. They were there to compete in the World Snail Racing Championships. The world record for completing the 13.5-inch course is exactly two minutes. At that speed, about 0.006 miles per hour, it would take a snail more than six days to run a mile.
