history on Instagram: "On March 22, 1978, Karl Wallenda stepped onto a steel cable strung between the two towers of the Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was 73 years old and the most famous tightrope walker alive. The distance was roughly 120 feet above the street. The cable was slick from earlier rain, and the coastal wind was steady enough that flags below were fully extended. Wallenda carried no safety harness. He never did. Witnesses said the first steps looked normal. Halfwa

History Facts & Stories on Instagram: "In the movie Rain Man (1988) there is a famous scene where Raymond notices a box of toothpicks fall onto the floor in a restaurant. While everyone else is shocked by the mess Raymond calmly looks at the scattered toothpicks for only a moment. He then states the exact number of toothpicks without counting them one by one, surprising the people around him. This scene shows Raymond’s extraordinary ability with numbers and patterns, which is linked to his autis