MAD THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT WASHINGTON DC

WASHINGTON DC RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE VOTING

RIGHTS IN CONGRESS? THAT'S BECAUSE THE DISTRICT

WAS CREATED AS A SEAT OF GOVERNMENT AND

NOT INTENDED FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN (ALTHOUGH

TODAY MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE CALL IT HOME).

EVER SINCE 1971 THE DISTRICT HAS HAD ONE

REPRESENTATIVE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

BUT HE/SHE DOESN'T HAVE VOTING RIGHTS.

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IS THE LARGEST

LIBRARY IN THE COUNTRY.

IT HAS OVER 500 MILES OF BOOKSHELVES.

A FORMER MOUSEKETEER WROTE

WASHINGTON DC'S SONG IN 1951.

THE WHITE HOUSE WAS THE PLACE OF RESIDENCE FOR

EVERY US PRESIDENT EXCEPT GEORGE WASHINGTON.

THE US CAPITOL BUILDING HAS ITS OWN SUBWAY LINES.

UNDERNEATH THE CAPITAL BUILDING IS A CRYPT WHERE

GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS GOING TO BE BURIED.