new york state facts.. 8^) ~*spookygal75*~

The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression "apple" for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time - THE BIG APPLE

Americas first pizzeria opened in New York City in 1895.

If you were to take a Taxi cab from New York City to Los Angeles it would cost you $8,325..

In 1976 Sarah Caldwell became the first woman to conduct the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

The largest stained-glass window in the world is at Kennedy International Airport in New York City. It can be seen on the American Airlines terminal building and measures 300 feet long by 23 feet high..

Coney Island the amusement park, has had three of its rides designated as New York City historical landmarks..

All the dirt from the foundation to build the World Trade Center in New York City was dumped into the Hudson River to form the community now known as Battery City Park..

During the War of 1812, a New York pork packer named Uncle Sam Wilson shipped a boatload of several hundred barrels of pork to U.S. troops. Each barrel was stamped 'U.S.' On the docks, it quickly became bantered about that the 'U.S.' stood for 'Uncle Sam,' whose large pork shipment looked to be enough to feed the entire army. Thus 'Uncle Sam' came to represent the U.S. Government itself..

Tommy James was in a New York hotel looking at the Mutual of New York building’s neon sign flashing repeatedly: M-O-N-Y. He suddenly got the inspiration to write his #1 hit, 'Mony Mony'...

Joseph Gayetty of New York City invented toilet paper in 1857.



The first railroad in America ran between Albany and Schenectady, a distance of 11 miles..

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