CRAZY THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT WASHINGTON DC

IN 1983 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PETITIONED TO BECOME

A STATE THAT WOULD BE CALLED NEW COLUMBIA

WHY? ONE REASON IS THAT CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT

DO NOT HAVE A VOTING REPRESENTATIVE IN THE

NATIONAL LEGISLATURE

LICENCE PLATES ARE EMBLAZONED WITH THE AGE

OLD PHRASE "TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"

THAT THE COLONIES USED DURING THE

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

MORE WINE IS CONSUMED PER PERSON IN DC

THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE US

THE ARLINGTON LADIES IS A GROUP OF WOMEN

WHO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF EVERY SOLDIER IN

THE NATIONAL CEMETERY SO THAT NO SOLDIER IS

EVER BURIED ALONE

IN WASHINGTON DC THERE IS 1 LAWYER FOR EVERY

19 RESIDENTS

FOR EVERY US SENATOR THERE ARE 74 LOBBYISTS

YOU PROBABLY COULD HAVE GUESSED THAT THE

"WASHINGTON" IN "WASHINGTON DC" COMES FROM

GEORGE WASHINGTON BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT THE

"COLUMBIA" IN "DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA" IS A

TRIBUTE TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

WASHINGTON DC IS NOT A CITY OR A STATE. IT IS A

SPECIAL FEDERAL DISTRICT CREATED TO BE THE

SEAT OF GOVERNMENT