Betcha Didn't Know -- Fun Facts About NYC

New Yorkers pride themselves as the best disseminators of information on—well, Earth.  When a tourist asks for directions we’ll not only direct with accuracy, we’ll regale them with an historic retelling of whichever landmark they seek—shit, we may even draw you a map. That’s just how we do. We’re a proud city of know-it-alls.  

In light of the aforementioned you may be surprised to discover that you may not, in fact, know it all.  BuzzFeed recently reported 60 interesting facts that even the savviest local probably doesn’t know. I’ve picked my 5 favs and my reactions to share with you:

1. UPS, FedEx, and other commercial delivery companies receive up to 7,000 parking tickets a DAY, contributing up to $120 million in revenue for the city of New York. Is FedEx so baller that they can piss away $120 million per year for fucking parking tickets? I get one and I’m ready to take it to court.
2. Albert Einstein’s eyeballs are stored in a safe deposit box in the city. Why?  I know his brain is kicking around somewhere and has probably been studied by scholars for decades—but his eyes?  So not cool.
3. It is a misdemeanor to fart in NYC churches. Uh…the dog did it?  It’s cool, confession pretty much wipes it all clean, right?
4. The world’s entire population could fit in Texas if it were as densely populated as NYC. I call top bunk!
5. NYC buries its unclaimed bodies on an island off the coast of the Bronx called Hart Island. Since 1869, nearly a million bodies have been buried there. The island is not open to the public. This. Is. Not. Okay.

Be sure to read the whole list; it ranges from unbelievable to gross, and everything in between.  

How many did you know?