- Washington, D.C. residents consume more wine per capita than anywhere else in the country.
- Washington, D.C. is 68 square miles. All of the land was taken from Maryland when D.C. was set up as the seat of the federal government.
- There is no “J” Street in D.C.
- Seattle gets less rain per year than Washington, D.C.
- D.C. has the second busiest Amtrak Station in the United States, just after New York City.
- The 1973 film The Exorcist steps are located in Georgetown.
- The U.S. Capitol Building dome is made up of 8,909,200 pounds of cast iron.
- A sculpted head of Darth Vader is located on the northwest tower of the Washington National Cathedral amongst the gargoyles.
- Washington, D.C. is named after both George Washington (Washington) and Christopher Columbus (D.C.- District of Columbia)
- In 1912, 3020 cherry trees were gifted to the city by Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to celebrate the friendship between the two countries. These arrived healthy, and the 10+ varieties of cherry trees were planted around the Tidal Basin and East Potomac Park.
- The First Cherry Blossom Festival was celebrated in 1935, almost 25 years after the first trees were successful planted around the Tidal Basin.
This post is part of the #StateChallenge Meetups from Team USA, hosted by @Kwiksatik and @Denise_Barlock
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, seguro que es impresionante cuando están en flor o cuando los pétalos comienzan a caer como lluvia, me trae a la memoria el anime 
, Farid