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Roller coaster and brothel
Did you know that the purpose of creating a roller coaster was not to entertain the people at all? In the 19th century, the inventor LaMarcus Thompson made a lot of efforts to create the famous Coney Island amusement park in order to distract people from the then popular occupation — visiting brothels and saloons. Instead of this pious occupation, people happily began to visit the amusement park and afterwards, happy and tired, went home.
