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■■ A 121-year-old chocolate bar commissioned by Queen Victoria has been found in an attic in England. The National Trust reports that the queen had a batch of the bars made so she could hand out treats to British troops serving in South Africa during the Boer War in 1900. A single bar was found in a tin at 15th-century Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk, which was formerly home to a major who served in the conflict. Anna Forrest, the National Trust’s cultural heritage curator, called it a “remarkable find,” but added, “you wouldn’t want it as your Easter treat.”

■■ A Georgia teenager relieved his pandemic boredom by spending three weeks building a roller coaster in his backyard. Ben Tolliday doggedly constructed his project out of wooden beams, PVC pipe, cinder blocks, and sandbags. He said he was “absolutely terrified” to try it out the first time. “I was screaming my head off,” he said. “It was crazy.” His mom, Katherine, also took a ride, but said,

“I’m looking forward to getting my yard back.”

■■ Americans who miss the smell of a bar can now re-create it at home with a set of candles. The candles, produced by the Miller Brewing Co., come in three distinct scents: “Dive Bar,” “Beer Garden,” and “Game Day.” They are priced at $20 apiece, with all proceeds going to struggling bar workers. “Dive Bar” is described as having nose-tingling notes of “musk, pine, tobacco, and yeast”—a combination intended to evoke “dim lights, a faint glass clinking, and the sinus-clearing sensation of a puddle that somehow exists indoors.”