Engineers Drained the Niagara Falls and Uncovered Its Dark History
Not It's True Potential
Since they still divert nearly half of the water away from the Niagara Falls, that means that tourists don't get to see it in it's purest form. Still, it remains one of the top tourist destinations in the world.
The first roller coaster was invented to stop sinful behavior.
In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
The idea that a man should spend two months salary on an engagement ring was popularized by De Beers' ad agency.