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Six Roller Coaster Records

I love a good roller coaster. It doesn't have to have a million inverts and upside downs or be the fastest for me to like it -- I mean, I'll take those too, but I really just enjoy any roller coaster. Here are a few that stand out from the pack for their records in height, speed, or nudity. Yes, nudity. Enjoy! Oldest Operating Coaster in the U.S. Leap-the-Dips at Lakemont Park in Altoona, ...

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10 Things You Didn't Know About Emoticons :)

Surely you've used emoticons before, or at least encountered them while surfing the Intertubes, but did you know that they've been around since the 1800s? Or that a computer scientist came up with the smiley emoticon? Here are 10 Things You Didn't Know About Emoticons: 1. The Oldest Emoticons The first emoticons were published on March 30, 1881 by (the now defunct) US satirical magazine Puck. ...

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