Chris Camp was 11 years old when his mom took him out of school for the premiere of "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark." "I was fundamentally changed from that moment on," Camp recalled.

The tip of a whip travels at more than 1,400 feet per second, which is much faster than the speed of sound. The speed of sound is roughly 1,230 feet per second. The crack of a whip is actually a small ...