PlacesMind-BlowingIf Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, only about 30 people would live there.1821k17 years ago
PlacesMind-BlowingThere are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!9390517 years ago
PlacesDarkOutdatedIf NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.232k12 years ago
EntertainmentInspiringWhen he was 7, Vin Diesel and some friends broke into a New York theater with intentions to vandalize it. Instead of calling the police, the theater’s artistic director handed them scripts and offered them parts in the upcoming show. This became Diesel’s first acting role.182k12 years ago
BodyWeirdThere's a man named Raffi Stepanian who mines diamonds and gold from New York City sidewalks, making over $600 in one week.184k11 years ago
PlacesWholesomeCarlos Vasquez, a dry cleaner in New York, has a sign outside his shop that reads: If you are unemployed and need an outfit clean for an interview, we will clean it for free.102k12 years ago
PlacesMind-BlowingNew York City has approximately 27,000 restaurants. If you visited a different one every single day, it would take you nearly 74 years to try them all—and that's assuming none of them closed or opened while you were eating your way through.102k11 years ago
PlacesWholesomeInstead of McDonald's tearing down a ~230-year-old Georgian mansion, citizens of a small NY town forced them to renovate it instead, resulting in a uniquely historic franchise location.61k12 years ago
TrendingHistoryMind-BlowingA B-25 bomber slammed into the Empire State Building in heavy fog. Elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver was burned on the 80th floor. Rescuers placed her in an elevator to get her down - but the crash had severed the cables. She plummeted 75 stories to the basement. She survived. She still holds the Guinness World Record 80 years later.11 month ago
TrendingPeopleWholesomeDuring the 2022 Buffalo blizzard, Jay Withey knocked on 10 doors begging for shelter. All 10 said no. He smashed a window at Pine Hill School and guided 24 stranded strangers inside. He found cereal in the cafeteria and gym mats for beds. Before leaving, he left a note: "I'm terribly sorry about the window. I had to save everyone. Merry Christmas, Jay." Police put out a call to find him. Not to arrest him. To thank him.11k1 month ago
TrendingPeopleMind-BlowingFive train cars passed over Wesley Autrey while he shielded a stranger on the subway tracks. His two daughters, ages 4 and 6, watched from the platform. From under the train he shouted: "Let my daughters know their father's okay."11 month ago
TrendingPeopleWholesomeA 25-year-old woman was pinned face-down under a Mercedes-Benz at a Manhattan intersection. The rear tire was on her back. Within seconds, nearly a dozen strangers sprinted over and tilted the 2-ton SUV onto two wheels to free her. She crawled out with no broken bones. New Yorkers, apparently.28 days ago
TrendingUpdatedHistoryMind-BlowingWhen the towers fell on September 11, the Coast Guard put out one call on marine radio: all available boats. Ferry captains turned mid-route. Tugboat operators dropped everything. Fishing boats, private yachts, dinner cruises - hundreds showed up. In nine hours, they evacuated nearly 500,000 people by water. The largest maritime evacuation in history. Larger than Dunkirk, which took nine days.541 month ago
PeopleInterestingMuhammad has been the most popular baby boy's name in England for two years running.3 months ago
TrendingPeopleMind-BlowingSylvia Bloom worked as a legal secretary on Wall Street for 67 years. Every time her boss bought a stock, she quietly bought the same one. Nobody - not her husband, not the lawyers she worked for - knew. When she died at 96, her estate was worth $9 million. She left $8.2 million for college scholarships.24 days ago