Check out some awesome facts that we've found. Did you know that?

The very first roller coaster was like sliding down a four story building on ice!

The owners of roller coasters started charging admission in 1874 at one dollar!

John Miller was the first to create the "Flying Turns"!

7,000 of 270 million people are hospitalized because of roller coasters, that's only .00259 %!

TOGO (a group from Japan) built the first roller coaster that you had to stand up on!

Batman the Ride located at the Six Flags in Illinois was the first inverted roller coaster!

The longest coaster is The Ultimate in the United Kingdom, it is 7,450 feet long!

The fastest roller coaster in the world is the Goliath in California, reaching speeds of 85 miles per hour!

The Oblivion, in the United Kingdom, has the steepest drop in the world. It's drop is 87.5 degrees, that is almost straight down!

The fastest wooden coaster is American Eagle, in Illinois, and it goes 66 miles per hour!

The steepest drop for a wooden coaster is 58.6 degrees on the Cyclone in New York!

The fastest shuttle coaster is Superman The Escape, in California, it goes 100 miles per hour!