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Illinois’ very own genie

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Monday, March 15, 2021 08:30 AM
  • Movies
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  • Comedy
  • Robin Williams
  • Disney
  • Aladdin
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Robin Williams 6451566847Considered by some to be the best comedian of all time, Robin Williams was born in Chicago in 1951 and went on to make many people laugh. He performed standup comedy and provided his acting talents to many movies.

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Illinois hospitals ranked among top 100 hospitals worldwide!

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Friday, March 05, 2021 04:20 PM
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  • World's Best Hospitals
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Illinois Medical District CTA view of Rush University Medical CenterSeveral Illinois hospitals took top rankings in Newsweek’s annual list of the top 200 hospitals in the world. Illinois’ top hospitals in 2021 are Northwestern Memorial Hospital (58), Rush University Medical Center (75), and the University of Chicago Medical Center (101-200).

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Chicagoans; roll out!

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Thursday, February 25, 2021 08:30 AM
  • Chicago
  • Transformers
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  • Dark of the Moon

6262252631 22197016e4 bTransformers is a long running franchise dating back to the 1980s. But, did you know that many parts of the 2011 film “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” were filmed in Chicago?

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Did you know? The “Giant of Illinois” was born today in 1918

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Monday, February 22, 2021 11:01 AM
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  • World's Tallest Man

Robert Wadlow On this day in 1918, Robert Pershing Wadlow, who would go on to become the world’s tallest man, was born to Harold and Addie Wadlow. He was the oldest of five children and was born an average size.

By age five, however, he had grown to 5 feet 4 inches, and by age eight he was almost 6 feet tall. By the time he was 17, he was over 8 feet tall.

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Did you know? Illinois has the second most American bald eagles

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Wednesday, February 17, 2021 02:23 PM
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bald eagle 3209427 1280Every winter more than 3,100 bald eagles come to our state. Illinois has the second most wintering American bald eagles, behind Alaska.

The first eagles are spotted in December and remain here until they migrate back north in March. January and February are the optimal months for eagle spotting.

 

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