Random Fact – Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls lies on the border between Ontario, Canada, and New York state, United States. It is divided into two sections, the American Falls (176 feet high with 150,000 gallons of water flowing over per second) and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls (167 feet high with 600,000 gallons of water flowing over per second). The first person to perform a high-wire stunt there was the French acrobat known as “Blondin,” in 1859. The first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel was 62-year-old school teacher Annie Edson Taylor in 1901. As of 2006, sixteen people have been known to go over Niagara Falls and eleven have survived.