12 Facts About Philadelphia You Never Knew Were True
Get ready for your next trivia night… here are 12 facts about Philadelphia that even those of us born and raised here might not know. How many of these had you heard before? Do any of them surprise you?
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1. Philadelphia's 9,200 acres of park space makes it one of the most expansive park systems in the country.
5. The Liberty Bell, Constitution, and Independence Hall all use the spelling "Pensylvania" - which was the accurate way to spell our state name in the early years of the country.
When One Liberty Place was built higher than City Hall's William Penn Statue, The Curse of Billy Penn meant no Philly sports teams would win a championship again.
7. It wasn't until the Comcast Center placed a Penn statue high on top of their building in 2007 that the curse was broken. The Phillies won the World Series in 2008.
Kim Magaraci graduated Rutgers University with a degree in Geography and has spent the last seven years as a freelance travel writer. Contact: [email protected]
