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• Various versions of the roller coaster have been thrilling humans for centuries. The Russians built large ice slides and sent riders down them on mats, bobsleds, or toboggans as far back as the 1400s. The French built waxed wooden slopes and ran down them on wheeled wooden sleds. In 1827 in Pennsylvania the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway was constructed to carry carloads of coal from the mine on the mountain nine miles downhill to the river landing. The coal company made a second income letting people ride down the hill in the evenings after the coal mine shut down. When a shorter shipping route was made for coal, the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway carried passengers only, and operated for over a century.

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• Thompson went on to design a series of what he dubbed Scenic Railways. Intricately carved train cars traveled first on outdoor sections in a few gentle, fun dips and curves. Then the train entered a large building where passengers viewed various paintings, dioramas, special effects, and stunts, all creatively lit by newfangled electric lights. The Scenic Railways were so popular that Thompson began installing them across the world, each one better than the last.

WORLD’S OLDEST

• In 1902 at Lakemont Park in Pennsylvania, the Leap-the-Dips roller coaster was constructed.

With a maximum height of 48 feet and a top speed of 10 mph, it wasn’t much by today’s standards. However, it goes down in the history books as the oldest operating roller coaster in the world. It closed down in 1985 but was rescued and restored. In 1996 it was named a National Landmark and it reopened for business in 1999.

THE BIG BOOM

• Roller coasters really got a boost when population centers across the U.S. began to sprawl.

Early in the 1900s, transit companies began expanding their streetcar and trolley routes. Outlying routes often got very few riders especially on evenings, weekends, and holidays. Transportation companies needed ways to increase the number of riders on their end lines. The solution was to build parks at the end of the tracks, drawing city dwellers out to relatively rural areas for picnics, boating, swimming, carnival games, and rides. Roller coasters were the most thrilling ride of all. Their popularity spread across the U.S. as these ‘trolley parks’ popped up in more and more locations. By 1919 there were around 1,500 roller coasters in North America, more than twice as many as exist in North America today. ...continued

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• A revolution in the roller coaster industry was instigated by an inventor named John Miller. Miller, known as “the Edison of roller coasters,” at one time worked for La Marcus Thompson. Miller had over 100 roller coaster related patents in his name, many of which are still used on today’s modern coasters. In 1912 he patented the “Miller Under Friction Wheel.” Commonly known as the “upstop wheel,” this invention literally locks cars to the tracks, making sharp curves, high speed, and steep drops possible. The rails are shaped like an upside-down “L” and the wheels fit underneath the lip. The passengers might come out of their seats but the wheels can never leave the rails. This led to the next great innovation in roller coasters: the locking lap safety bar, also invented by Miller.

Some of the coasters John Miller designed still exist today, including three at Pittsburgh’s Kennywood Park.

• By 1928 the age of roller coasters had reached its height, with 40 new coasters built that year alone.

Then came the stock market crash, the Depression, and a war. Roller coasters and amusement parks foundered. It wasn’t until the late 1940s that the public began trickling back to amusement parks.

When Disneyland opened in California in 1955, it spurred new interest in theme parks which began to pop up across the country.

A RECOVERY

• The second golden age of roller coasters arrived in the early 1970s, sparked by the 1972 opening of the Racer at King’s Island near Cincinnati. This coaster attracted enormous attention, and resulted in a roller coaster building boom. New technologies allowed heart-stopping features such loopthe-loops, corkscrews, coasters that are ridden while standing up, and suspended coasters that swing from overhead rails, allowing the rider’s feet to dangle in the air. ...continued

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• In 1982, the Racer underwent a metamorphosis when trains on one of the two tracks were turned around, so riders can travel facing forward or backwards.

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• Today there are about 579 coasters in the U.S. California has the most, with 72.

THE NEXT GENERATION

• As technology marches forward, roller coasters get bigger, faster, and steeper.

• When developers at Buffalo Bill’s Casino south of Las Vegas wanted to build a roller coaster at their resort with a record-setting 225-foot drop, they ran up against city ordinances that prohibited roller coasters from standing taller than 209 feet. They solved the dilemma by tunneling below ground so that the coaster, called the Desperado, dropped the full 225 feet without breaking any laws. Riders enjoyed the death-defying drop until the coaster closed in 2020.

• In 2005, Kingda Ka opened for business, claiming the title of both the fastest and the tallest roller coaster in North America. The coaster cars rocket to the top of a 456-foot tower, accelerating from 0 to 128 mph within 3.5 seconds, before a stomachclenching cork-screw drop back down to earth. A second 13-story hill gives riders a few moments of weightlessness before the ride is over, less than 60 seconds after it began. The highest point of the ride is 45 stories tall, which is about 4/5ths the height of the Washington Monument. It’s tall enough that the entire Statue of Liberty would fit under the main arch with 100 feet to spare.

• The braking system, done with magnetic fields generated by 473 magnets, means there’s no friction to wear parts out. It’s silent, efficient, and fail-safe.

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• On March 26, 1920, "This Side of Paradise" is published, immediately launching 23-year-old F. Scott Fitzgerald to fame and fortune. While in Europe, Fitzgerald finished his masterpiece, "The Great Gatsby" (1925).

• On March 27, 1973, actor Marlon Brando declines the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in "The Godfather" as a protest against Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans in film. The first performer to turn down a Best Actor Oscar was George C. Scott, for "Patton" in 1971.

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• On March 22, 1947, President Harry Truman establishes a sweeping loyalty investigation of federal employees in response to public fears of communism in the U.S. Congress had already launched investigations of communist influence in Hollywood.

• On March 28, 1958, William Christopher Handy, the famous blues musician known as W.C., dies in New York City. Jazz standards "The Memphis Blues" and "St. Louis Blues" are his most famous compositions, but his musical legacy can be heard in works of composers as varied as George Gershwin and Keith Richards.

• On March 25, 1933, the newly commissioned USS Sequoia becomes the official presidential yacht. Previously, the Department of Commerce had used the Sequoia as a decoy to catch Prohibition lawbreakers • On March 24, 1989, one of the worst oil spills in U.S. territory begins when the supertanker Exxon Valdez, owned and operated by the Exxon Corporation, runs aground on a reef in Prince William Sound in southern Alaska. An estimated 11 million gallons of oil eventually spilled into the water, polluting more than 700 miles of coastline.

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• “When thickening soup, don’t overlook instant mashed potato mix.

It’s perfect for making a thin broth into a nice, thick stew sauce, and it’s pretty cheap. It only takes a couple of tablespoons.” — I.F. in Utah • “Cut kitchen sponges into smaller pieces. They clean as well as a larger sponge, and you can dispose of the smaller pieces when they get yucky.”

— O.C. in Michigan • Don’t forget to clean out your dryer’s lint trap regularly. It can get clogged up, and that can be a fire hazard. Set a reminder on your phone to vacuum it out once a month.

• If you have high boots, you can use this trick to keep them looking good and upright in storage. Simply use 1-liter soda bottles. They can be empty, or you can poke some small holes around the bottom and add a little baking soda, which will keep the boots dry and odor free.

• Ficus trees can remove up to 80% formaldehyde in the air. Other great indoor air-cleaning plants include peace lilies, ivies, spider plants and ferns.

• “Have you overdyed your hair at home? Try washing your hair with a dandruff shampoo. You may have to repeat it, but dandruff shampoo can sometimes get the extra color out of your hair follicles. Make sure that you condition well afterward.” — B.R. in Georgia Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.

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• Attention, "Lord of the Rings" fans: the dark region on the north pole of Pluto's moon, Charon, is called Mordor.

• A common issue with blood donation -- along with other types of charitable contributions -- is that if donors don't know the recipient, it's harder to convince them that donating is beneficial. Therefore, in an effort to encourage more young people to give blood, Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, sends a text when their donation has been dispensed to someone in need, providing proof that it's going to good use.

• The Twitter bird actually has a name -- Larry, after Hall of Fame basketball player Larry Bird.

• In the 18th century, Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin were both defeated at chess by a machine called the Mechanical Turk -- or at least they thought they were. It was later revealed to be quite the elaborate hoax, with a highly skilled chess master hiding inside the "machine" and moving the pieces against the opponent.

• In a move to keep disease-wary Nazis away, Polish doctor Eugene Lazowski faked a typhus outbreak, saving over 8,000 people from slave labor camps and death.

• The longest song title ever is Hoagy Carmichael's 1943 "I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-OnMy-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues."

• Duncan Hines was a real person -- a popular restaurant critic who also wrote a book of hotel recommendations.

• Eight of the 10 largest statues in the world are of Buddhas.

• Pittsburgh is the only city where all the major sports teams (MLB, NHL, NFL) have the same colors: black and gold. *** Thought for the Day: "Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal." -- Friedrich Nietzsche (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• Historically roller coasters have used the simple method of a chain lift to get the cars to the highest point, where gravity takes over. No further propulsion is needed. Now innovations in magnetic levitation are coming on the scene. Electromagnetic impulses propel the wheel-less cars which float above the track. After being shot like a cannon to the ride’s tallest point, momentum, centrifugal force, and gravity take over.

• These types of ‘mag-lev’ systems have many advantages over the old chain-lift method: there is no need for large lift hills, no moving parts to wear out, and fewer maintenance concerns. This technology has been applied to rides such as Superman: The Escape from Krypton at Six Flags Magic Mountain in L.A., where 16-passenger vehicles are launched, reaching 100 mph in six seconds. At the end of the launch trajectory, the track curves up 90 degrees and riders shoot 400 feet straight into the air (the height of a 41-story building) before free-falling to the ground and rolling back into the station. The entire ride lasts 30 seconds. Riders experience weightlessness for six seconds, the greatest amount of “airtime” of any roller coaster on earth.

• Developers now also work with compressed air to launch roller coaster rides. One of the first was the Hypersonic XLC at Kings Dominion in Virginia. It went from zero to 80 mph in 1.8 seconds.

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• Not to be outdone, Paramount’s Great America in Santa Clara, CA introduced the Project Stealth, the first roller coaster designed so riders were laying down, simulating actual flight. Lap belts and knee restraints held riders in a prone position alternately on their backs and their stomachs while flying through the air. ...continued

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• When the Jackrabbit roller coaster in Clementon Park, New Jersey was repainted in 1988, it cost twice as much to do the painting than it cost to build the roller coaster in 1919.

• Enough lumber was used while building the Texas Giant roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas to build 30 average homes.

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• Carowinds is an amusement park located on the state line that divided North and South Carolina. It creates plenty of headaches because the states have different mandates concerning break times, taxes, and employment procedures.

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• The Blue Streak roller coaster in Conneaut Lake Park, PA, goes through a tunnel which is a favorite hideout for skunks who raid the picnic area nearby each night. The roller coaster has run over so many skunks it’s now known as Skunk Tunnel.

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• So where should you sit to get the best ride?

Depends on what you’re looking for. Sitting in the very back of a coaster train yields the wildest ride since the last car is being pulled by the weight of the front cars, making for some nice whipping action, especially if they are long trains on steep hills. However, sitting in the front has benefits too. The very first car will hang over the first drop waiting for the rest of the cars to crest the hill before the big plunge.

Front cars also have better low-G moments when the train is going over the top of low hills, leading to better stomach-lifting airtime. The ride is usually smoothest in the middle of the train, a good spot for beginners. If you want the wildest ride of all, take a roller coaster ride immediately following a light rain, when water mixes with oils on the track to make a fasterthan-normal trip.

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