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The cause of a massive sonic boom over South Carolina is still a mystery as residents and US officials scramble to identify the source.

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Supersonic air travel is great if you want to get somewhere quickly. Indeed, the Concorde could rush you from New York to London in less than three and a half hours, over twice as fast as a ...