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The Windy City will blow you away.
1. Spray paint was invented in Chicago in 1949.
2. Chicago River is the only river in the world that flows backward.
3. Chicago is home to Lincoln Park Zoo, one of the world's last free zoos.
4. The Art Institute of Chicago holds the largest collection of Impressionist paintings outside the Louvre in Paris.
5. The first blood bank in the United States was created in Chicago in 1937.
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6. Chicago's Western Avenue is the world's longest continuous street, at 23.5 miles.
7. Chicago is home to the world's largest free outdoor food festival, the Taste of Chicago.
8. An average of 35 million visitors flock to Chicago each year.
9. The Chicago Public Library was created directly from the ashes of the great Chicago Fire in 1873.
10. Chicago was technically the birthplace of soap operas.
11. Shedd Aquarium is home to the oldest aquatic animal in a public aquarium in the world, an Australian lungfish named Granddad, who is at least 85 years old.
12. The first Playboy Mansion was in Chicago.
13. And Hugh Hefner started the publication of Playboy in Chicago in 1953.
14. The zipper was invented in Chicago in 1851.
15. The Ferris wheel was also invented in Chicago in 1893.
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