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Fly agaric mushrooms can cause a form of hallucination called micropsy: the perception that objects in the surrounding have shrunk in size (or, equivalently, your body has grown in size). But sometimes it can produce the opposite effect (macropsy) -- thus explains Super Mario Bros.
 
I heard you can make bootleg LSD by covering an orange with toothpaste and letting it rot in your closet, putting it in a airtight bag, and letting it sit even longer. I also heard that this is complete bullshit, so don't try it.
 
In fact, Tweetsie Railroad and Rebel Railroad (now Dollywood) were founded by the same guy, an entrepreneur named Grover Robbins. I know that Chris Robbins, one of his descendants (I think it's his son, or maybe his grandson, not sure) currently owns Tweetsie Railroad to this day.

I think it's cool learning about old theme parks, especially ones I visited a lot back in the day.

Grover Robbins also owned Land of Oz, a now-abandoned theme park in North Carolina that was based on the Wizard of Oz and currently a popular destination for the urban spelunking crowd with all the abandoned buildings and machinery lying around.
 
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In fact, Tweetsie Railroad and Rebel Railroad (now Dollywood) were founded by the same guy, an entrepreneur named Grover Robbins. I know that Chris Robbins, one of his descendants (I think it's his son, or maybe his grandson, not sure) currently owns Tweetsie Railroad to this day.

I think it's cool learning about old theme parks, especially ones I visited a lot back in the day.
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I was more amused to notice the more popular theme park near me (Cedar Point) is owned by the same company based there that also operates Knott's Barry Farm, Valleyfair, Kings Island and a slew of others across the country, but I suppose that's what building up your business does in the end. My state once had a Sea World as well, never thought it was strange to have one in such a colder climate. After they went out, their land and another theme park nearby became a Six Flags for a while before going out completely.

Grover Robbins also owned Land of Oz, a now-abandoned theme park in North Carolina that was based on the Wizard of Oz and currently a popular destination for the urban spelunking crowd with all the abandoned buildings and machinery lying around.
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It wouldn't surprise me.

Reminded there was a small kiddie theme park of sorts south of me called Vollmar's Park my mom took me too once or twice in the 80's. Someone did one of those abandom places videos of the same place and it sorta made me sad how much it turned to shit like that.

EDIT: I guess someone FINALLY bought the property (or part of it, the land was apparently parceled out to four lots after it closed) but I doubt they'll do much with what's there.
http://www.wtol.com/story/35079981/vollmars-park-then-and-now
 
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On paper, a play about a family caving in on itself after the patriarch disappears and is found dead, including a molestation scene between a 14 and 50 year old, a drug addicted, verbally abusive, cancer patient mother, and that ends with everyone flinging their dinner dishes at each other, looks ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE.

With the right director amd actors tho, its hysterical.

"Phantom of the Opera?!"
"She's fourteen. You remember what it was like to be fourteen?"
"Shes old enough to have a little goddamn class."
 
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