'A little-known survival of the ancient flytings, or contests-in-insults of the Anglo-Scottish bards, is the type of xenophobic humor once known as water wit in which passengers in small boats crossing the Thames ...would insult each other grossly, in all the untouchable safety of being able to get away fast'.
The Central Park Zoo is a small 6.5-acre (2.6 ha) zoo located in Central Park in New York City. It is part of an integrated system of four zoos and the New York Aquarium managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
New York Hall of Science. The New York Hall of Science, also known as NYSCI, is a science museum located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens, in the section of the park that is in Corona. It occupies one of the few remaining structures from the 1964 New York World's Fair, and is New York City's only hands-on science and technology center. The more than 400 hands-on exhibits focus on biology, chemistry, and physics