1919 Amusement Park Ride

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Just when you thought amusement park rides couldn’t get any crazier, this attraction from 1919 surfaces. Devised by two New York inventors, the electromagnetic cannon shoots a bullet-like shell onto a large cushion of water, and upon striking the lagoon, it’s guided back to the starting point by a link-belt. Special electric cars carry the “rockets” back to the station, thence around to the gun breech, where a hydraulic plunger loads the carrier into the gun. Click here to view the first image in this week’s art of trolling gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of someone who fell asleep with Tesla’s Autopilot turned on.

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