News that may shock many is that Niagara Falls has now been crossed on a tightrope. According to ITN, Nik Wallenda has become the "First man to tightrope walk across Niagara Falls". A great achievement no-doubt, but is this strictly true? The news of this daring feat has brought a shade of deception to over-shadow Wallenda's five minutes of fame, as history has not been forgotten. In 1824 a man named Jean F ...