NEW YORK CITY IS one of the most densely populated cities on the planet and with that, the hub of many myths about living conditions. Thankfully, the good people at Factslides gathered some cool facts about the city, most of which will probably leave you speechless.
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16 Facts You Didn't Know About New York
2. With 800 languages, New York is the most linguistically diverse city in the world.
3. Next to Warsaw, the world’s largest Polish population is in New York.
4. The world’s first underground park will be inaugurated in 2018 in New York.
5. NYC homeowners can request that a tree be planted outside their homes for free.
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6. Ancient Rome was eight times more densely populated than modern New York.
7. New York gets 15 times as much snow as the South Pole.
8. All the departure boards at NYC’s Grand Central are exactly one minute wrong.
9. 1 out of every 21 New Yorkers is a millionaire.
10. Some 15,152 types of life forms, from insects to bacteria, have been identified on the New York subway.
11. There are four times as many abandoned houses as there are homeless people in New York City.
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