New York
About New York
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with its respective county. It is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy.
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There is a mineral called Taconite, which is named after the Taconic Mountains in New York.
from No Such Thing As A Ping Pong Ballbag, 2021-06-25 at 00:26:55 · read transcript
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Think this is my favorite fact about what we found for this fact is that uh roke so roke is the american version the way they got the name roke it was invented by a guy called samuel crossby he was from new york and this was in 1899 and he came to it by removing the c from the front of the word and the t at the end of the words and that's it wow yeah isn't that if you read roke websites.
295: No Such Thing As A 200m Baguette, 2019-11-15 · listen
They have a unique centipede, they have a sweet bee, they have a white-footed mouse with small ears. They also found in New York in 2014 the first new amphibian that's been found in the state for 150 years, so a frog, a leopard frog. So for more than a century, there's been two types of leopard frog living in New York and people have been arguing over it.
223: No Such Thing As A Worthless Doorstop, 2018-06-29 · listen
You're standing on them. You're standing like a child, but with a small motor. Yeah. They had even, I did read a source that said they were used by a New York gang called the Bog Trotters, the Long Island Bog Trotters. You did exist. This is written in a lot of books. I've struggled to find the primary newspaper reports that talk about the Bog Trotters disappearing down alleyways on push scooters.
263: No Such Thing As Millipede Lipbalm, 2019-04-05 · listen
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Coordinates: 43.0000, -75.0000