I am still on a Washington D.C. kick having just flown in yesterday and still feeling the jet lag. I think everyone should visit Washington D.C. once in their lifetime to get the vibe of the political scene in this crazy city. I guess lately, it hasn't been working very well, but that is soon to CHANGE! Here are a list of fun facts I leaned while I was there:
-The longest speech ever in the US Congress went on for more than 24 hours straight, delivered by Senator Strom Thurmond in 1957 (Definitely a type A personality.)
-Washington DC ranks second to the entire state of CA in the amount of federal employees living there.
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere is found in the Metro Station of the DC suburb Wheaton and is a 500 foot long ride, more than twice the length of an average city block.
-The corridors of the Pentagon are nearly 18 miles long. With 6.6 million square feet of space, the Pentagon is one of the world's largest buildings, even larger than the Empire State Building
-The first name of DC, Columbia, popularly depicted as a woman, is the same icon which is seen across the world introducing films produced by Columbia Pictures
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