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•    San Jose was California's first state capital. The Circle of Palms Plaza in downtown is a historical marker for this.
•    It is the third-largest city in California. San Jose is the 12th largest city in the U.S.
•    San Jose has the largest concentration of technology expertise in the world, with over 6,600 companies. It leads the nation in patent generation and has one of the highest numbers of patents per capita.
•    The city has one of only three Japantowns in the U.S. and the largest Vietnamese population of any city outside Vietnam. San Jose also has the nation’s first Vietnamese Heritage Garden and Historical Museum.
•    San Jose is the site of the world's first radio broadcasting station.
•    Mount Hamilton in San Jose is the world's first permanently occupied mountaintop observatory and houses the world's third-largest optical refracting telescope. The University of California has operated Lick Observatory since 1888. With over 300 days of clear skies annually, San Jose is an ideal spot for stargazing.
•    San Jose houses the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts in western North America at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.
•    Discovery Meadow Park in San Jose is home to the world’s largest Monopoly board.
•    Residents speak more than 56 languages.
•    San Jose laws limit owners to five licensed animals total — and no more than three dogs.
•    The construction of the San Jose Earthquakes’ stadium set the Guinness World Record for the largest ground breaking event ever, with 6,256 participants digging into the ground.
•    Things invented in San Jose: floppy disks, Eggo waffles, hard disk drives, The Wave.
•    The Hellyer County Park Velodrome is NorCal’s only facility dedicated to bicycle racing, and it’s one of 25 velodromes in the country.
•    The San Jose Flea Market is mentioned in the New York Times bestselling novel “The Kite Runner”.