Engineers Drained the Niagara Falls and Uncovered Its Dark History

Mother Nature

For some reason, more and more rocks were accumulating at the bottom of the Falls. The growing amount of rocks inhibited the waterfall's sheer drop and made it look less "aesthetically pleasing." The locals were worried that this would affect the tourism of the area and therefore harm their local economy...

The More You Know

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Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
A team of six women programmed the first digital computer.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.