Random city facts

[bnk]

Originally Posted by Obadno

I mean if you are living off of a fortune made ~100+ years ago that counts as old money to me.

Its not like you you are the heir to a tech company or something.

What's tech about a 1930 Twinkie?

[dubu]

The Columbia River drainage basin includes territory in seven U.S. states and one Canadian province. It covers nearly all of Idaho, large portions of British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington, ultimately all of Montana west of the Continental Divide, and small portions of Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada; the total area is similar to the size of France.

The Columbia River was given the name it bears today in May 1792, by American Captain Robert Gray, after his ship, the Columbia Rediviva.

its not really a city fact more like cities because theres many cities on all the rivers that go into the river and the river its self

[The ATX]

Austin has the largest urban bat colony in the country.

The San Antonio Metro has the largest cave dwelling bat colony in the country.

[maru2501]

the atom was first split in chicago


you're welcome

[proghousehead]

Paramus, New Jersey. One of the most famous alien abduction events occurred here when outer worldly beings disguised a UFO to resemble a Holiday Inn.

[Wpg_Guy]

Winnie The Pooh was named after Winnipeg.

[jmecklenborg]

Originally Posted by bnk

I went to collage with one of my friends whos grandfather invented the Twinkie.

Rich ass born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Cool dude though even though he was old monied.

One of my friends married into the Peeps candy fortune. The family behind this Easter candy phenomenon is...Jewish.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeps

[volguus zildrohar]

Originally Posted by proghousehead

Paramus, New Jersey. One of the most famous alien abduction events occurred here when outer worldly beings disguised a UFO to resemble a Holiday Inn.

[Djesus777]

Montreal
1. We have the worlds largest underground city (32Km^2 of paths)
2. No building can be built higher than mount royal (233M above sea level).
3. 120+ major festivals, including multiple worlds largest (hence we get called the city of festivals)
4. The U.N was close to moving their headquarters here in 2006/07
5. MTL has over 200 ethnic groups
6. We're the 8th largest city in N.A by municipality.

[balletomane]

Originally Posted by Wpg_Guy

Winnie The Pooh was named after Winnipeg.

A few other Winnipeg facts
-slurpee capital of the world 19 years running (for one of the anniversaries a 711 litre slurpee was briefly erected in the city)
-first city in North America to use a central emergency number, originally 999, then 911
-the name means "muddy water" in Cree
-the Red River Floodway that surrounds the city was the second largest earth-moving project in history after the Panama Canal
-largest urban Indigenous population in Canada and second largest in North America after NYC
-it gets very cold and very hot (as far as I can remember coldest in my lifetime is -54 with windchill and hottest +53 with humidex)
-the Mint in Winnipeg makes money for about 75 countries

[McBane]

Tel Aviv has more sushi restaurants per capita than any other city except NY and Tokyo.

And I'm pretty sure Philly has more cheesesteak joints per capita than any other city in the world.

The oldest stock exchange in the US is the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, not that one on Wall Street.

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Originally Posted by McBane

Tel Aviv has more sushi restaurants per capita than any other city except NY and Tokyo.

And I'm pretty sure Philly has more cheesesteak joints per capita than any other city in the world.

The oldest stock exchange in the US is the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, not that one on Wall Street.

Highly highly suspect. I sincerely doubt that Tel Aviv or NYC have more sushi restaurants than LA.

[dimondpark]

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

Highly highly suspect. I sincerely doubt that Tel Aviv or NYC have more sushi restaurants than LA.

Yep that was funny.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Djesus777

Montreal
1. We have the worlds largest underground city (32Km^2 of paths)
2. No building can be built higher than mount royal (233M above sea level).
3. 120+ major festivals, including multiple worlds largest (hence we get called the city of festivals)
4. The U.N was close to moving their headquarters here in 2006/07
5. MTL has over 200 ethnic groups
6. We're the 8th largest city in N.A by municipality.

Montreal island is also the world's most highly populated island that lies in fresh water.

[COtoOC]

Originally Posted by isaidso

Your perception is that it surely couldn't be and have concluded that it therefore must be false. The data quite clearly shows that the 401 is the busiest. A quick Google search was all you needed to do. The 401 is pegged at 500,000+/day.

The 401



https://www.dangerousroads.org/ranki...-highways.html
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/the-b...ica-1559577839
http://livetrucking.com/this-north-a...-in-the-world/

The 405 in LA must be close behind this!

[McBane]

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[COtoOC]

For Kansas City, MO, it's claimed to have the world's largest underground storage facility, "SubTropolis". It has 7 miles of paved roads.

[photoLith]

Originally Posted by James Bond Agent 007

Kansas City is the only big US city with "City" in its official name.

Uh, am I missing something here? What about New York City?

[dubu]

its weird oregon had a name in the 1700's and it was talked about but the oregon trail wasnt till the 1800's. there must have not been any elon musks back then lol

[photoLith]

Pittsburgh supposedly has more bridges than any other city in the world, at 446.

The first World Series was played here in 1903 between the Pirates and the Boston Americans.

The polio vaccine was created in Pittsburgh in 1950.

Pittsburgh has more bars than any other city in America per capita.

The Seven Years War aka the French and Indian War started just south of Pittsburgh at Jumonville Glen in 1754 because George Washington done messed stuff up.

Also, the Big Mac was created in Pittsburgh.