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Roller Coaster Technology: 'bigger! Faster! Scarier!'

By BBC News
October 25, 2013
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Takabisha at Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in Japan — Takabisha, at Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in Japan, boasts the steepest descent at 121 degrees.

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Alton Towers in Staffordshire has just opened the world's first 14-loop roller coaster, called The Smiler, while in Abu Dhabi, Ferrari World claims to have the world's fastest coaster.

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