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How Much Do You Know About the History of New York City?

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Did you know there's a "secret" Track 61 train station on Manhattan? That the game of pinball was actually banned in the city at one time? Harlem is up, and the Battery is down -- and, always remember this: if the street numbers are going up, like 42nd St. to 43rd to 44th Street, then you're headed north. (Numbers going down? Turn around.) Oh, and "PONY," if you see it around, means Product of New York.

Yooz Guys Gotta Try This Mad Good New York Slang Quiz!

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Like any city, New York has its own language. You better study up before you talk to the natives. In this quiz, we'll test your knowledge of how New Yorkers speak in their native habitat. Put down your kosher bagel and take this quiz!

Did the Dutch really trade Manhattan for nutmeg?

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Did the Dutch really trade New Netherland for nutmeg? Find out why nutmeg was more valuable than Manhattan.

What is contagious shooting?

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Police fired 50 shots at three apparently unarmed men in a car leaving a bachelor party in New York this weekend, and investigators still aren't sure why.

New York City's Iconic Dakota Helped Gild the Gilded Age

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The Dakota is most famous as the apartment where former Beatle John Lennon lived and died, but it also played a key role in the evolution of New York City during the Gilded Age.

The Chelsea Hotel Is New York's Legendary Hotel for Artists and Dreamers

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Since it was built in 1885, New York's famous Hotel Chelsea has been home to countless artists, writers, poets and creatives and its shabby chic storied history is the stuff of legend.

If all the money in the U.S. only totals $6 trillion how can the New York Stock Exchange have stocks valued at $15 trillion?

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In a previous Question of the Day, you state that all the money in the U.S. M3 money supply is $6 trillion. If there is only $6 trillion available, then how can the New York Stock Exchange say it is "home to some 2,800 companies valued at about $15 trillion in global market capitalization." How can the stock market be worth $15 trillion if there is only $6 trillion available?

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