Did you know?
...Chicago is not called the Windy City because of weather, rather because it has hosted so many political events including presidential nominating conventions
...Chicago has three of the world's tallest buildings (Sears, Amoco, John Hancock), but they are building a new one that will be over 500 feet taller than the Sears Tower
...Chicago is home to the first McDonald's (1955)
...the world's largest and most complete fossil of a T-Rex is at Chicago's Field Museum
...Chicago's Merchandise Mart is the 2nd largest building in America--next to the Pentagon--with 90 acres of floor space
...Chicago is home to one of the world's largest fountains (Buckingham) and the largest indoor aquarium in the world (Shedd)
...the Chicago River is the only river in the world to flow backward (reversed in 1900 to avoid contaminating Lake Michigan with the meat guts) and it is dyed green on St. Patrick's Day
...bus #146 goes a long way North, so you must make sure you are going the right direction before getting on
...Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is one of the last free zoos in the world and is open every day
...the Taste of Chicago is the largest free outdoor food festival
...Millenium Park has very cool art--"the bean" that forces you to smile while you are looking for your face in it, and the face fountains that feature Chicagoans who posed for 6 minutes to have their faces on the fountains
...Chicago's Adler Planetarium was the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere
...and we have now experienced all of this and more!
