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TIL The Vuoristorata, a wooden rollercoaster at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland, is operated by a brakeperson standing at the rear of the train. Designed by Valdemar Lebech and built in 1950, it was the last rollercoaster in the world built using side friction technology.

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e0pyk TIL George Washington feared the growing influence of political parties in the US. He thought that it would lead to "the alternate domination" of each party, taking revenge on each other in the form of reactionary political policies and that it would eventually cause the North and South to split.
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