THE DAREDEVILS OF NIAGARA FALLS
Three waterfalls make up Niagara, but it’s this one, the cataract that separates Ontario in Canada from New York State, that is the most famous. Horseshoe Falls has a 792-metre brink, over which 680,000 gallons of water flow every second, plunging 57 metres into the rapids below. Tourists have been flocking to see it for almost two centuries and it didn’t take long for daredevils to spot a chance at overnight fame. Some even survived their attempts to tell the tale.
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