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[–] [email protected] 143 points 1 year ago (17 children)

It's true!

Although it may seem safe to assume that one horsepower is the output a horse is capable of creating at any one time, that is incorrect. In fact, the maximum output of a horse can be up to 15 horsepower,[2] and the maximum output of a human is a bit more than a single horsepower. For extreme athletes, this output can be even higher with Tour de France riders outputting around 1.2 horsepower for around 15 seconds, and just under 0.9 horsepower for a minute.[3]
https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Horsepower

I must now once again question the nature of reality.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wasn't one unit of horsepower meant to represent sustained power, not peak power of a horse?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

It's supposed to be the amount of work a strong horse can perform over one day on average.

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