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Did you know...

... that nearly a quarter of the patients at the Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center in New York City are criminally insane?
... that Lucy Feagin founded the Feagin School of Dramatic Art in New York City, where talent scouts for radio, screen, and stage were always present to watch her senior students' plays?
... that the Midtown Theater was nowhere near Midtown?
... that Brooklyn Nine-Nine actress Melissa Fumero is the daughter of Cubans who fled to the U.S. as teenagers?
... that New York City's Mansfield Hotel was developed by two neighbors from Vermont, one of whom later served as Vermont's governor?
... that indie musician Sufjan Stevens composed the score for the 2014 ballet Everywhere We Go, choreographed by Justin Peck for the New York City Ballet?
... that a New York City office building was nicknamed for its resemblance to a lipstick tube?
... that a 1 a.m. phone call resulted in financier George D. Gould joining the efforts to stave off New York City's near-bankruptcy in 1975?

Updated: 6:33, 14 February 2024