These photos show Niagara Falls after they were drained in 1969

[post_page_title]Something shiny[/post_page_title]

It turns out that something else was lying at the bottom of the water. As the water dried out and the calm settled, people noticed something shiny in the riverbed. They looked a little closer and soon learned there were hundreds, if not thousands, of coins.

Something shiny

They were all coins that people had tossed into the water to make a wish. It wasn’t long before tourists ran out onto the dry waterfall and started scooping up as many coins as they could get their hands on.

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