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Fun Facts About Chesapeake

Chesapeake is the fifth safest city in the country, according to FBI Statistics on violent crime, which means you won’t have to worry about forgetting to lock the door when running a quick errand. In addition, Money Magazine named Chesapeake the sixth-most livable city in the US.

While swearing is never appropriate in public, it might land you in legal trouble when in Chesapeake. People have been prosecuted for using obscene, abusive, or vulgar language over public airwaves as recently as 2012. If you ever become enraged during a political dispute on talk radio, be sure you don’t make a mistake when you call in.

About 18 trillion gallons of water are held in the Bay. That much water would be enough to fill more than fifty billion bathtubs.

Without getting entirely immersed, a 6 feet tall person could wade through more than 700,000 acres of the Bay. The Bay’s deepest portion, known as “The Hole”, is more than 170 feet deep.

Scientists found a massive 53-mile-wide crater in Chesapeake Bay, just miles from the city boundaries, back in 1983. According to estimates, the crater is 35 million years old, and the effect, if it occurred today, would result in mass extinction of plant and animal species. Scientists have also stated that the initial collision would have destroyed everything living within a 100-mile radius.

One of the more unusual facts about Chesapeake is that it is the final resting place for deceased animals from the Virginia Zoo in nearby Norfolk. The burial ground is located on the site of a tree farm within the city, though the exact location is kept secret in order to prevent the stealing of skeletal remains and other valuable animal parts such as ivory.