• Angel Falls
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  • Angel Falls is the tallest waterfall on earth!
    TRUE. Angel Falls is so tall that if you stacked 19 Niagara Falls on top of each other, Angel Falls would still be higher!
  • Angel Falls means waterfall of the highest place.
    FALSE. The local people called it Kerepakupai Merú, which means "waterfall of the deepest place".
  • Angel Falls was named after heavenly angels.
    FALSE. It was actually named after an American pilot, Jimmie Angel, who flew over it in 1933.
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