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The University at Buffalo’s Theme Park Engineering Club (UB TPEC) loaded up on coffee for the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) Thrill Design Competition. The three-day competition, hosted by ...

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He was the first one ever to ride Busch Gardens’ Kumba way back in 1993. And he was the last to ride it as well.