For a long time, the exact number of rats in New York City was unknown, and a common urban legend was that there were up to four times as many rats as people. In 2014, however, scientists more accurately measured the entire city's rat population to be approximately onl...

During the average workday, commuters from the other boroughs and outside the city nearly double Manhattan’s population, from 1.6 million to 3.1 million.

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In theory, every rainbow is a circle, but from the ground, only its upper half can be seen. Viewing the rainbow's lower half requires the presence of water droplets below the observer's horizon, as well as sunlight that is able to reach them. From a high viewpoint such...

By the 1980s, the ceiling was obscured by decades of what was thought to be coal and diesel smoke. Spectroscopic examination revealed that it was mostly tar and nicotine from tobacco smoke. A 12-year restoration effort, completed in autumn 1996, restored the ceiling to...

• With a July 2015 population of 8,550,405, New York is the most populous city in the United States, more than twice the size of the second largest city, Los Angeles

• New York has the highest population density of any major city in the United States, with over 2...

FUN BANANA FACTS

• Bananas may have been the world's first cultivated fruit. Archaeologists have found evidence of banana cultivation in New Guinea as far back as 8000 B.C.

• The correct name for a bunch of bananas is a hand; a single banana is a finger.

• Banan...

In 1959, the museum moved from rented space to its current building, a landmark work of 20th-century architecture. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the cylindrical building, wider at the top than the bottom, was conceived as a "temple of the spirit".

If Wright had had hi...

Hi, I'm Frank and I like finding out fun facts. I never know when or where I'm going to come across the next one. Especially here in New York City. There are so many cool things to know from every corner of the universe.  Do you have a fun fact that you would like to s...