Top 10 Amazing Facts About Chicago

The Top Ten
1 The Lincoln Park Zoo is free

It's one of the only free zoos in the world

2 Walt Disney was born in Chicago
3 Chicago is home to "Sh** Fountain"

It's a poop statue

4 The Chicago River flows backwards
5 Gotham City (from Batman) was based off of Chicago

A lot of Batman movies are filmed there too

6 Route 66 begins in Chicago

And it ends in Los Angeles

7 Wrigley Field is over 100 years old

Wrigley Field was built in 1914

8 The Chicago River is dyed green on St. Patrick's day
9 The University of Chicago's library is run by robots
10 On a clear day, you can see parts of Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan on the top of Sears Tower.
The Contenders
11 Chicago has 341 skyscapers

That's the 2nd most in America after New York

12 Kanye West, Common, and Lupe Fiasco all come from Chicago
13 Oprah did her shows in Chicago
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