Roller Coasters

<p>The world’s first Loop-the-Loop roller coaster gave so many people whiplash that they kept a medical team on the payroll.</p><br><p>Find out where roller coasters began; why your hands sweat when you’re on them; and how long it takes the human brain to realise that it’s fallen to its death (perhaps).</p><br><p>Dallas’s guest today is the world’s only thrill engineer Brendan Walker, the guy roller coaster designers turn to for advice on how to make their rides as thrilling as possible.</p><br><p>Keep your arms and legs inside the podcast at all times as we go on another roller coaster ride into the history of inventions!</p><br><p>Produced by Freddy Chick, Edited by Anisha Deva, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.</p><br><p>For more History Hit content, subscribe to our newsletters<a href="historyhit.com/sign-up-to-history-hit/?utm_sou…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> here</a>.</p>

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