- The Liberty Bell weighs 2,080 pounds.
- Philadelphia is the site of the first presidential mansion and was once the United States capital city.
- Benjamin Jackson produced the country's first mustard in 1768 and sold it to fellow Philadelphians in glass bottles.
- Benjamin Franklin demonstrated electrical cooking in 1749. He killed a turkey by electric shock, then roasted it over a fire started by his "electrified bottle".
- The first daily newspaper was published in Philadelphia in 1784.
- Fairmount Park in Philadelphia is the largest city park with over 8,000 acres.
- In a house at 239 Arch Street, Betsy Ross fashioned the first American flag.
- If you dug straight down from Philadelphia to the other side of the globe you would end up in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
- The nation's first hospital opened in Philadelphia 1751.
- The Philadelphia Mint produces over 30 million coins per day.
- Philadelphia has more public art than any city in the country.
- Benjamin Franklin and four other signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried in Philadelphia’s Christ Church cemetery.
See you all in Philly!
