16 Facts About New York City

1. There are 12,152 life forms (including insects and bacteria) found in the New York City subway.
2. Except in an emergency, you can't honk your horn in New York City, but of course people honk their horns anyway.
3. The city was designated the first capital of the United States in 1789. But it took a year.
4. There is a skyscraper in the city with no windows.
5. Manhattan was purchased from locals in 1626 for $1,000 in today's dollars.
6. New Yorkers bite 10 times more people per year than sharks.
7. More New Yorkers die from suicide than from murder.
8. It costs $300,000 a year to run a small hot dog stand around Central Park.
9. New York is the largest Polish city in the world (after Warsaw).
10. Almost half the city's population speaks English at home.
11. New York City has more Chinese than any other non-Asian city, and more Jews than any other city outside of Israel.
12. One in every 38 Americans lives in New York City.
13. 25 percent of the world's gold bullion is stored in vaults beneath Wall Street.
14. One in every 21 New Yorkers is a millionaire.
15. Einstein's eyes are kept in a safe somewhere in the city.
16. There are 800 different languages spoken in New York City.