Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about
NEW YORK
1. About 1 in every 38 people living in the United States resides in New York City.
2. It is a misdemeanor to fart in NYC churches.
3. The Jewish population in NYC is the largest in the world outside of Israel.
4. The Chinese population in NYC is the largest in the world outside of Asia.
5. The Puerto Rican population in NYC is the largest of any city in the world.
6. Before World War II, everyone in the whole city who was moving apartments had to move on May 1.
7. There’s a literal gold digger in NYC. He mines sidewalk cracks for gold, and he can make over $600 a week.
8. There was once a one-mile-long island called Hog Island south of Rockaway Beach. It was never seen again after the hurricane of 1893.
9. Up until 1957, there was a pneumatic mail tube system that was used to connect 23 post offices across 27 miles. At one point, it moved 97,000 letters a day.
10. Albert Einstein’s eyeballs are stored in a safe deposit box in the city.
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