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Teenagers on a roller coaster ride

How Roller Coasters Work: Roller Coaster Components

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Most people have seen or ridden a roller-coaster, and either fear riding one or like the ride. So you think you know how a roller coaster works? Compare what you know with what this article tells you.

This entry was posted in Facing Fear and tagged Arts & Entertainment, Health & Medicine, Technology on June 1, 2020 by Marianne Rafter.

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