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Don't knock it 'til you ride it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYSBnOwbVg4

In the early 80s, a group of engineers were exiled from Italy for building faulty structures and contraptions that killed hundreds unintentionally. They bounced around Europe for a few years until they wandered into Germany's Black Forest, where their slates were still as clean as a red hot rail. There, near a small lake, they chopped down hundreds of trees and built 5,383 feet of 100% lumber-supported track and one C-grade roller coaster train. The engineers had no nails with them, unfortunately enough, so the track and the supports are held together entirely with scotch tape and Elmer's school glue. How the design has held together after all these years is a mystery, but perhaps the greatest mystery of all is how they acquired so much scotch tape and school glue in the middle of the Black Forest and still couldn't come across a single nail.

The track is named "Toro Furioso" after the spirit of the raging bull, who runs furiously through all obstacles without a second glance. It's unclear whether one of the original designers was from a Spanish background, or they were all just huge Robert De Niro fans, but regardless of where the name originated, the rickety contraption soon became an underground success in the roller coaster world. Since none of the engineers had any prior roller coaster designing experience, the track is noted for its unusual twists and bends. Over the years since the original track was laid, the design has been altered to fix the unusually high G-forces that the ride once generated. Since the last altercations were made, there have been 65% fewer deaths and concussions reported from riders, and the ride now averages only two people flying out of their seats per year. Another distinguishing feature of this track is that there are no railings on either side of the track, as the engineers ran out of scotch tape and glue after building the last tunnel and had to use the extra lumber as firewood. Even though none of these features make for a conventional wooden roller coaster, that, along with the potential danger of falling to your death, just makes the ride all the more thrilling and enjoyable.

See the video linked above if you want to ride Toro for yourself!

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