The history of the roller coaster stretches back to ice slides constructed in 15th century Russia and spans all the way to the many and varied coasters of today. In between, numerous technological innovations have been introduced to make coasters bigger, faster, and safer than those that came before.
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“There is no history of how bad became better.”
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“There is no history of how bad became better.”
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“And thus Snow White became the prince’s bride.
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and when she arrived there were
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