Nia­gara Falls may freeze into ice for­ma­tions, and ice mounds or floes may form in the Nia­gara River (some­times cre­at­ing ice bridges that stretch across the width of the river), but only once in recorded his­tory has freez­ing weather actu­ally stopped water from flow­ing over the falls. This instance occurred in March 1848 when a pre
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22-year-old Tyler Bradt plunged over Palouse Falls in eastern Washington and set a world record for a kayak descent. The fall was 186 feet, which he covered in less than four seconds.

After disappearing under the water he emerged within six seconds with his broken paddle and sprained wrist. picked by Bingo 8 months ago

Niagara Falls in 1869!! picked by aghhdds 3 years ago

Niagara Falls in 1869!! picked by aghhdds 3 years ago

Taller than Niagara Falls, and twice as wide; Iguazu Falls are the result of a volcanic eruption which left yet another large crack in the earth. picked by shredtone 3 years ago

A man went over Niagara Falls and survived Wednesday afternoon, one of the few people to ever survive the plunge unprotected, authorities said. picked by dollyllama 1 year ago

Shortly after 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, people around the Twin Cities metro reported seeing a “metallic” or “flaming ball” falling from the sky. Emergency dispatchers around the metro reported calls from around the metro of people seeing the object. Calls came in from Edina, Maple Grove, Inver Grove Heights and Brooklyn Park. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Astronomers at the University of Rochester have discovered five Earth-oceans’ worth of water that has recently fallen into the planet-forming region around an extremely young, developing star. picked by misswinkle 3 years ago

NEW YORK - A 12-year-old girl fell into a chimney on the roof of her apartment building, plummeted 14 stories down the flue and landed almost unscathed in a pile of furnace soot. picked by lpoindexter 2 years ago

A 43-year-old German man was taken to hospital in critical condition after he fell off a second storey balcony during a spitting contest with his 12-year-old son. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A Spokane family got an uninvited visitor when a moose calf fell through a basement window and into a bedroom. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A woman thought to be the world's oldest person at 130 has died after slipping on the bathroom floor of her new flat. picked by bornbad 10 months ago

Alcohol may have been involved. picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

Devil’s Pool is a natural rock pool at the very top of the Victoria Falls, at Zimbabwe, with a height of about 100 metres, where you can swim safely and take pictures. picked by wildminou 2 years ago

A pickup truck hit a boulder and tumbled over a 150-foot cliff, but the 71-year-old driver survived picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A Bristol man has described how he was hit by a block of ice which fell from an aeroplane as he sat in his garden. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Yow. Someone needs to look into the work load methinks. picked by Moe 2 years ago

A small street in a residential district of the Croatian capital collapsed into an underground building site, turning dozens of shocked citizens into homeless refugees. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

That got to hurt. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Forget those dreams about showing up to school without your clothes on, how about showing up to art class — on site at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — and falling into an original masterpiece by Pablo Picasso! picked by suebe 2 months ago