Interesting facts about New York

Interesting facts about New York:

1. The city's original name was New Amsterdam as Dutch settlers were the first to arrive in the area around 1624.

2. New York City became the first capital of the United States in 1789.

3. More than 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world.

4. Times Square is named after the New York Times, it was originally called Long Acre Square until the Times moved there in 1904.

5. The Statue of Liberty was gifted to the United States by France in 1886 for America's 100th birthday.

6. New York City's Federal Reserve Bank has the largest gold storage in the world ($90 billion in gold.)

7. More than 200 bird species visit Central Park every year.

8. The New York Public Library has over 50 million books, making it the third largest library in the world.

9. It would take almost 24 hours to navigate the entire New York City Subway.