Engineers Drained the Niagara Falls and Uncovered Its Dark History

Some Treasures Were Revealed

It took a while, but the waters did recede. At first, the waters revealed millions of coins from the past hundred years. Not only were these a cool time capsule, but it was a money haul as well! Folks flocked to the receded waters to collect all of the coins that they could carry.

The More You Know

Parts of the Great Wall of China were made with sticky rice.
The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
About 7% of all humans who have ever lived are alive today.
Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham as part of a bet.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.