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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Ah, yes, the founding of Chicago

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Fun fact: in Italian “Chicago” means “I crap in it”. Apt homophone for a city built on a body of water.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Another fun fact, there crap actually doesn't go in the lake. They built a canal a while ago to flush it down to st. Louis then down the Mississippi.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

omg, how disgusting. how does that even happen?