Niagara Falls

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Niagara Falls, Ontario

Niagara Falls and the Niagara River

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Banff National Park. Aerial view of Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Aerial perspective.

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Time zone map with standard time zones and International Date Line

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Artist interpretation of space asteroids impacting earth and moon. Meteoroids, meteor impact, end of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Doomsday Predictions, comet

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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

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Paul Revere. "The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.," engraved by Paul Revere. Boston Massacre.

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Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration

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Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

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Manitoba wildfire evacuees transported to Niagara Falls, a city already teeming with shelter-seekers • June 6, 2025, 11:09 PM ET (Globe and Mail)

Marineland remains closed in Niagara Falls, Ont., says it hasn't decided if it will open this year • June 4, 2025, 10:12 AM ET (CBC)

Fleeing wildfires, hundreds from Manitoba First Nations settle into Niagara Falls, Ont. hotels • June 3, 2025, 11:09 PM ET (CBC)

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Niagara Falls, Ontario

Niagara Falls and the Niagara River

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Tower Bridge over the Thames River in London, England. Opened in 1894. Remains an Important Traffic Route with 40,000 Crossings Every Day.

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