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• NYC was the U.S. Capitol from 1789 - 1790
• The Dutch bought the island of Manhattan for 24 trinkets
• Broadway, originating from Lower Manhattan at Bowling Green and ending in Albany, is one of the world's longest streets at 150 mi (241 km). The official name of this street is Highway 9
• Manhattan's downtown southern tip area was a landfill. The actual "natural" Manhattan makes up only 75% of the total area in the downtown district
• Central Park in the middle of Manhattan covers a larger area than the principality of Monaco
• Staten Island residents voted to secede from the city in 1993, but such a move would require state approval
• Rumor has it that the "Big Apple" is so named because during the depression, many former financiers would travel from their suburban cottages in full suits in order to sell apples on the streets of New York. The rumor goes that several well-to-do families had to make ends-meet by selling apples and the charade became know to many as the "Big Apple" scam of New York. Since apples have always been a big part of the New York economy the name simply stuck and was eventually promoted by local government