There is more than one waterfall
Niagara Falls isn’t actually one waterfall; it’s made up of three separate waterfalls: the Bridal Veil Falls, the American Falls (both US sides), and the Horseshoe Falls (the Canadian side.)
The place is ancient
Niagara Falls is almost 12,000 years old and was formed at the end of the Ice Age. Its formation happened because of a glacial melt activity: when large torrents of water were released from the melting ice and drained into the Niagara River.
The Old World discovery
The first European person to visit Niagara Falls is considered to be Louis Hennepin, a French explorer. While he didn’t document his visit to the falls himself, he is said to have mentioned it to his patron, Samuel de Champlain, who described it later.
It has seen stunts galore
Over the years, there were numerous people who tried to perform different stunts on Niagara Falls. Some have succeeded and many have died as well. The first known stunt on the famous falls was done by a man named William Forsyth of the Pavilion Hotel in 1827. His promotional stunt of releasing a small ship into the rapids and falls was highly controversial and didn’t end very well.
More than just a pretty thing to look at
The waters of Niagara Falls are used by more than 1,000,000 people from both the US and Canada for a variety of purposes such as fishing, recreation, industrial cooling water supply, hydropower generation, and, of course, for drinking water.