Strange But True: New York City: Tales of the Big Apple Paperback - 2005

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Strange But True: New York City brings together the city's most bizarre news items, almost-believable urban myths, incredibly antiquated laws, curious little-known facts, and neighborhood eccentric oddballs and weirdos into one compulsively readable guide. Whether you're a native New Yorker or just passing through, Strange But True: New York City is your guide to the Big Apple's wackiest, most offbeat, mostly totally true tales, trivia, and events.Discover hundreds of wacky, offbeat, mostly totally true tales from the Big Apple, where you'll: Meet a man who kept a tiger and an alligator as pets in his Harlem apartmentDiscover why manhole covers are round and taxis are yellowMarvel at the adventures of an NYC postal worker who mailed himself to his parents in Dallas to skimp on the fare homeCelebrate the birthplace of the flashlight, toilet paper, and Bazooka bubble gumLearn how thousands of roaming pigs were used as the city's first sanitation systemVisit a yoga class for dogs and a restaurant that serves $1,000 omeletsOnly in New York City . . .is it against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for funthe penalty for jumping off a building is deathdonkeys are not allowed to sleep in bathtubsis it illegal to slurp sou