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Superman flies into Illinois

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021 08:30 AM
  • Chicago
  • Superman
  • Man of Steel
  • Zack Snyder
  • Chicago Union Station
  • Henry Cavill

762854It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s the man of steel! Did you know that parts of the hit film “Man of Steel” were filmed in Illinois? Many of the most pivotal scenes in the movie were filmed in and near Chicago. (Spoilers for “Man of Steel ahead”.)

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Illinois’ very own genie

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Monday, March 15, 2021 08:30 AM
  • Movies
  • Charity
  • Comedy
  • Robin Williams
  • Disney
  • Aladdin
  • Genie
  • Standup comedy

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
  • Chicago
  • Illinois
  • Hospitals
  • 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
  • Moon
  • 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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  • Alton
  • 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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  4. Did you know? Chicago is the candy capital of the world
  5. Did you know? Illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment
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