1. Dustin Diamond aka Screech, from “Saved by the Bell,” is a San Josean.
2. It’s illegal for grocery stores in San Jose to use plastic bags.
3. Joey Chestnut of San Jose is the fastest hot-dog eater around, able to crush 69 bunned wieners in 10 minutes, that translates to one dog every 8.7 seconds.
4. Roughly 35 percent of venture capital funds that are invested into American companies end up in San Jose.
5. Best known for voicing Mario and Luigi, Charles Martinet is from San Jose.
6. San Jose is thought to be California’s oldest settlement, founded in 1777 as a farming community.
7. The 30 foot tall Chuck E. Cheese statue in San Jose is the world’s largest rat.
8. Rocking the crowd since 1981, “The Wave” was invented by former San Jose State cheerleader Crazy George Henderson
9. San Jose has the highest median household income in the country, at $77,000.
10. The Monopoly board in Guadalupe River Park is 30 square feet, making it the largest Monopoly board in the world.
11. Known for his role as Eric Foreman’s disgruntled dad in “That 70s Show,” (and “Robocop über baddie Clarence J. Boddicker) Kurtwood Smith attended San Jose State University during the early 1960s.
12. With 6,256 participants digging into the ground, the construction of the San Jose Earthquakes’ stadium set the Guinness World Record for the largest ground breaking event ever.
13. Over half of the adults in San Jose have a college degree, making it one of the most educated cities in the country.
14. The Winchester Mystery House of San Jose is thought to have 160 rooms, as continual building started after Mrs. Winchester was told by a psychic that she would die if construction on the build stopped. 
15. There’s one employee for every six students at San Jose State University.
16. San Jose State University’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library is the largest public library west of the Mississippi.
17. Despite its large size, San Jose is the third safest large city in America with low crime rates and low criminal activity.
18. Steve Wozniak was the largest private donor during the initial construction of the Children’s Discovery Museum, which sees roughly 325,000 visitors every year.
19. It’s against the law for an unmanned vehicle to travel faster than 60 miles per hour.
20. A man who’s travelled over 16 million miles during four space flights, accumulating almost 50 hours of spacewalk time, astronaut Steve Smith graduated from Bret Harte Middle School and Leland High School in the ’70s. 
21. It’s illegal for animals to mate publically if they’re less than 1,500 feet from a church, school, or bar in San Jose.
22. Most downtown buildings in San Jose can’t be taller than 300 feet due to its close proximity to the airport.
23. San Jose recycles the most among large American cities.
24. San Jose is one of the most expensive places to live in the country, with monthly rent averaging around $1,750 and the average home cost sitting at $750,000.
25. San Jose Municipal Rose Garden has over 4,000 rose bushes.
26. San Jose has eight sister cities around the world, including places in Japan, Ireland, Russia, India, Taiwan, Mexico, and Costa Rica.
27. San Jose State University dropout Stevie Nicks went on to have the sixth bestselling album of on time with the band Fleetwood Mac, selling over 40 million copies worldwide.
28. Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph in San Jose is the oldest parish in California.
29. With quick commutes, healthy lifestyles, and an extremely low poverty rate of less than 11 percent, San Jose is one of the top 10 least stressed cities in the country.
30. According to Zoosk, San Jose is the second worst place for dating in the country, behind only Raleigh, as residents are extremely picky with regards to who they spend time with.
31. Upon leaving the military after what he’s referred to as “the two worst years of [his] life”, labor activist Cesar Chavez relocated to San Jose where he settled down and had eight children.
32. SharkByte, San Jose’s 2001 display of decorative sharks, was inspired by Chicago’s display of decorated cows. These auctioned pieces can still be found around the city depending on where their purchasers chose to display them.
33. Josh Holloway, the actor that played the bad boy Sawyer on “Lost,” was born in San Jose.
34. There are over 50 miles of commuting trails throughout San Jose.
35. Alum Rock Park is the oldest municipal park in the entire state of California.
36. More patents come out of San Jose than any other city in the country.
37. Looking at curse words used in online reviews, San Jose was determined to be the 11th rudest city in the entire world.
38. Built in 1888, the James Lick telescope at Lick Observatory has a lens diameter of 36 inches and a focal length of 17.6 meters, making it the third largest optical refracting telescope around.
39. Between 1976 and 2001, housing costs in San Jose rose almost 1000 percent with the explosion of Silicon Valley.
40. San Jose is often called the most bike-friendly city in California, with bicycle clubs dating back to 1884.
41. Cisco Systems has over 13,000 jobs in San Jose, making the largest private employer in the city.
42. San Jose Fire Department often responds to more than 80,000 incidents every year.
43. The highest temperature ever recorded in San Jose was 109 degrees Fahrenheit in 2000, while the lowest was 19 degrees, 10 years earlier.
44. Famous for his party lifestyle, Nikki Sixx of Motley Crüe was born in San Jose.
45. San Jose has some of the best weather around, with the sun popping out for roughly 300 days every year.
46. There’s no one on the silver podium space of the iconic Olympics Black Power Statue on SJSU’s campus because the second place medalist, Australian Peter Norman, didn’t want to be depicted. 
47. The average haircut in San Jose costs $15.
48. It’s illegal to hunt from any type of moving vehicle in San Jose.
49. San Jose’s Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum is the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts in the West.
50. Despite low poverty rates and lots of education, San Jose has the fifth highest homeless population in the nation, with over 7,500 homeless individuals.
51. According to Glassdoor’s Employment Satisfaction Report, San Jose employees are the most satisfied in the nation.
52. Boasting a presence of close to 7,000 tech companies, San Jose is the most concentrated tech center in the entire world.
