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Forces at the Amusement Park (Amusement Park Science)

Tammy Enz

It's time for fun at the amusement park! But did you know science is at work behind the scenes? Feel the thrill as the roller coaster plunges down the big hill? That's gravitational force at work. Sticking to the graviton's walls like glue? That's the result of centripetal force. Find out more about...

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It was the first book to feature the Humpty Dumpty rhyme in 1797, with a slightly different version of the third line compared to the more familiar modern version.

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I think the first time the rhyme itself was in a book, it was in 1797 in Juvenile Amusement by Samuel Arnold and the third line instead of all the king's horses and all the king's men, it said four sc...

— Episode: Short Stuff: Humpty Dumpty

Episode: Short Stuff: Humpty Dumpty

It was the first book to feature the Humpty Dumpty rhyme in 1797, with a slightly different version of the third line compared to the more familiar modern version.

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I think the first time the rhyme itself was in a book, it was in 1797 in Juvenile Amusement by Samuel Arnold and the third line instead of all the king's horses and all the king's men, it said four score men and four score more.

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