Roller Coasters with Tom Scott!

Get ready for a stomach-turning, heart-pounding, gravity-defying thrill ride as we plummet down, up, and all around the amazing world of roller coasters! We're joined by legendary podcaster, YouTuber, and roller coaster fanatic Tom Scott who wows us with his encyclopedic knowledge of these engineering marvels. So take a deep breath, strap in, and keep all your limbs inside the ride until the episode comes to a complete stop! Oh, and have fun!
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[This, That, or the Other: All Downhill from Here]
goldreefcity.co.za/theme-park/rides-and-attrac…
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20170005323/downlo…
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7663089
ferrariworldabudhabi.com/en/rides/formula-ross…
youtube.com/watch?v=J8pJiV44hVM
iaapa.org/news/funworld/tmnt-shellraiser
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3281645
powermotiontech.com/hydraulics/accumulators/ar…
[Trivia Question]
Annual deaths in roller coaster accidents in the United States
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1730261/#:~:t…
weather.gov/safety/lightning-victims#:~:text=L…
cpsc.gov/cgibin/NEISSQuery/Data/Info%20Docs/20…
​​cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/2023-Fireworks-Annual-Rep…
uspa.org/discover/faqs/safety
[Fact Off]
Riding roller coasters can help reduce perception of breathlessness/dyspnea
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000…
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0954611…
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1191/1479972306cd1…
Riding in the back of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad can help dislodge kidney stones
[Ask the Science Couch]
Roller coaster stomach drop feeling and the enteric nervous system
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7495222
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4367209
cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/good-question-why-d…
visitkingsisland.com/blog/2020/may/roller-coas…
Patreon bonus: Motion sickness and relation to age
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539706
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4906308
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11135238
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6241144
[Butt One More Thing]
Dog-fart-themed steel roller coaster in Denmark’s BonBon-Land
mentalfloss.com/article/624229/take-virtual-ri…
southzealand-mon.com/BonBon-Land

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