- 1 out of every 6 doctors in the U.S. receives medical training in Philadelphia
- At the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia you can see pieces of Einstein’s brain, a malignant tumor removed from President Grover Cleveland, and a piece of John Wilkes Booth’s thorax
- In 1792, the Philadelphia Mint was the first Federal building built under the Constitution and it took more than 3 years to make the first million coins
- Philadelphia is home to more Impressionist paintings than any other city except Paris
- Overshadowing the Penn statue at the top of the capitol building in Philadelphia was rumored to start “The Curse of Billy Penn,” preventing Philly’s four major sports teams from winning championships, and was overcome when a Penn statuette was placed atop the new Comcast
- Center in 2007, reestablishing him as the highest point in the city
- When brothers Pat and Harry Olivieri reputedly invented the “cheesesteak” in 1930 it didn’t include cheese
