Intresting facts

1. Intresting facts

INTRESTING
FACTS

2. 1

• The island of Manhattan was purchased
by a Dutch explorer Peter Minuite from
an Indian tribe for $ 24.

3. 2

• Until 1664, New York was
called New Amsterdam.

4. 3

• New York
consists of five
districts: the
Bronx,
Brooklyn,
Queens,
Manhattan and
Staten Island.

5. 4

• Almost all
bridges and
tunnels in New
York are paid.
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6. 5

• in New York wages from waiters are often not at
all, and they work exclusively for a tip.

7. 6

• Every passerby in New York can
become a hero of the film. Every
year more than 200 pictures are
shot in the city.

8. 7

• In New York,
about 25% of
the world's
gold bullion
reserves are
stored.
They are at a depth of 24 meters
under the branch of the Federal
Reserve Bank on Wall Street.

9. 8

• New York is called the Great Apple.
There are several versions of the
nickname. The most common is that
black jazzmen gave this name to New
York.