35 Interesting Facts About Detroit

26-30 Detroit Facts

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26. Detroit is the only domestic U.S. city to have been occupied by federal troops three times. – Source

27. The largest Satanic temple in America is in Detroit. – Source

28. The motto of the city of Detroit is: “We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes”. – Source

29. Detroit was once called “Paris of the West” due to its architecture. – Source

30. The second oldest continuously operating Roman Catholic parish in the U.S. was founded in 1701, in Detroit. – Source

31-35 Detroit Facts

31. Detroit was first a French city and was named for ‘le Detroit de lac Erie’ or the strait of Lake Erie. It was originally pronounced, ‘dey-twah’. – Source

32. There is a bar in Detroit that has a weekly dwarf tossing contest. Clad in a helmet, a dwarf gets tossed onto air mattresses. While the act has been banned in Florida and New York, it is still legal in Michigan. – Source

33. There’s a Detroit company called “Extreme Kidnapping” where people pay up to $1500 to get tied up and kidnapped for fun. – Source

34. The Detroit Boat Club is one of the oldest continuously operated rowing clubs in the world and the United States, the oldest social club in Michigan, and one of the first concrete structures built in the United States. – Source

35. In 1910, the city of Detroit had blueprints and plans to build a subway and rail system to rival New York City’s or Chicago’s. – Source