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The man who survived Niagara Falls in a barrel was killed by an orange peel

Bobby Leach was not a man who feared death. A former Barnum and Bailey Circus performer, he once watched a stuntman die while attempting a 150-foot dive into a 5-foot pool - then successfully did the ...
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This Date With 8: October 24, 1901 — Annie Edson Taylor became the first to conquer Niagara Falls

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — Today is October 24. On this day in 1901, Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. A school teacher, with a school teacher's ...