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stairs that gave up on cardio and chose theatrics instead
never brokena broken escalator simply becomes stairs
inventor ironythe word started as an Otis trademark, now generic
sideways tooflat moving walkways are technically escalators' lazy cousins
step tricksteps flatten and vanish under combs at each end
first ridedebuted 1896 as a Coney Island amusement attraction