- ... that Jacob Aaron Westervelt (pictured), the former Mayor of New York City, attempted to uniform the Police of New York, a move seen by some as "un-American"?
- ... that New York City authorities asked the Museum of Sex not to locate itself within 500 feet of a church or school?"
- ... that New York Mets mascot Mrs. Met debuted in the 1960s, shortly after Mr. Met, making her one of Major League Baseball's oldest mascots?
- ... that the National Debt Clock in Manhattan ran out of digits on September 30, 2008, when the United States public debt passed the $10 trillion mark?
- ... that more than 700 of the caricatures on display at Sardi's restaurant in New York City were drawn by a Russian refugee in exchange for meals at the restaurant?