Engineers Drained the Niagara Falls and Uncovered Its Dark History

An International Issue

Since the affected part of the Falls was on the shared American and Canadian border, this became an international issue. The Canadian government met with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to try and figure out a solution... 

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The More You Know

  • Lightning can heat the air it passes through to 50,000 degrees.
  • It costs the U.S. Mint almost twice as much to mint each penny and nickel as the coins are actually worth. Taxpayers lost over $100 million in 2013 just through the coins being made.
  • You make approximately a teaspoon of tears per hour.
  • The brain is the fattest organ.
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