Did You Know...? ALBANY FUN FACTS!

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Perforated toilet paper was invented in Albany.

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It cost $1.7 BILLION dollars to build the Empire State Plaza (shown above), which included the cost of the 900,000 cubic yards of concrete and 230,000 TONS of steel.

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It took over 30 YEARS and $25 MILLION dollars to complete the Capital Building (shown above).

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When Theodore Roosevelt (also pictures above) was govenor he exercised every morning by running up and down the steps of the Capital.

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4 of New York State's Govenors became President of the United States: Theodore Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and MartinVan Buren.

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The New York State Thruway, which runs through Albany, is the longest expressway in the United States at 641.29 miles.