There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop!
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Marlboro cigarettes sold in New York contain more tar and nicotine than those sold in all other states!
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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Oak trees can live 200 or more years.
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The first household refrigerators cost about $16,000, in today's money!
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The symbol on the 'pound' key (#) is called an octothorpe.
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