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Why do we love rollercoasters?  They scare us out of our wits, they threaten to kill us, and they even make some of us lose control of our bodily functions.  But it’s the rush we crave.  The building anticipation; the doubts, the regrets, and then the drop.

The twists, the falls, the loops, the turns.  The screams and the thrills.  Round the next corner we might all die but right at this moment we feel a million times more alive than we did ten seconds ago.

And as we come to a standstill we’re triumphant to have made it through unscathed.  We’re the Chuck Norris of the theme park world; we looked death in the face and had a decent chortle.  Now we feel hungry and want a hamburger.

Here’s a rundown of some of the world’s most impressive rollercoasters.  Be warned: some of these videos are pretty realistic.