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Illinois Quick Facts<\/h2>\n

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• Capital<\/strong>: Springfield<\/li>\n
• State Nicknames:<\/strong> Prairie State \u2022 Land of Lincoln<\/li>\n
• State Motto<\/strong>: State sovereignty, national union<\/li>\n
• Origin of Name<\/strong>: Algonquin for \u201ctribe of superior men\u201d<\/li>\n
• State Song<\/strong>: \u201cIllinois\u201d<\/li>\n
• National Forests<\/strong>: 2 \u2022 State Parks: 43 \u2022 State Forests: 5<\/li>\n
• Famous for:<\/strong> Abraham Lincoln Historic Sites, Sears Tower<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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  Other Illinois Facts<\/h2>\n

  Honest Abe<\/strong>
  \nIllinois is known as the “Land of Lincoln” as Abraham Lincoln spent most of his life there.<\/p>\n

  Farm Equipment<\/strong>
  \nInventors John Deere and Cyrus McCormick made their fortunes in Illinois by improving farm machinery.<\/p>\n

  Skyscrapers<\/strong>
  \nThe Home Insurance Building was built in 1885 in Chicago, becoming the world\u2019s first modern skyscraper.<\/p>\n

  Sears Tower<\/strong>
  \nThe tallest building in the U.S. is the Sears Tower in Chicago<\/p>\n

  Dairy Queen<\/strong>
  \nThe Dairy Queen franchise was first opened in Joliet, Illinois, on June 22, 1940.<\/p>\n

  Sundaes<\/strong>
  \nThe ice cream “sundae” was named in Evanston. The piety of the town resented the dissipating influences of the soda fountain on Sunday and the good town fathers, yielding to this churchly influence, passed an ordinance prohibiting the retailing of ice cream sodas on Sunday. Ingenious confectioners and drug store operators obeying the law, served ice cream with the syrup of your choice without the soda. Objections then was made to christening a dish after the Sabbath. So the spelling of “sunday” was changed. It became an established dish and an established word and finally the “sundae”.<\/p>\n

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  Illinois\u00a0By the Numbers<\/h2>\n

  [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_number_counter admin_label=”Number Counter” title=”ft tall” number=”8.11″ percent_sign=”off” custom_padding=”|||” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] The tallest man in the world was born in Alton in 1918. He weighed 491 pounds and stood 8 feet, 11 inches tall and wore a size 37 shoe. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_number_counter admin_label=”Number Counter” title=”‘rd Largest City” number=”3″ percent_sign=”off” custom_padding=”|||” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Chicago is the nation’s third largest city. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_number_counter admin_label=”Number Counter” title=”‘th most populous state” number=”6″ percent_sign=”off” custom_padding=”|||” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Illinois is the sixth most populous state in the country. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” padding_mobile=”off” make_equal=”on” column_padding_mobile=”on” background_color_3=”#c524c5″][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_number_counter admin_label=”Number Counter” title=”‘th president” number=”40″ percent_sign=”off” custom_padding=”|||” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Reagan, our 40th President, was born in Tampico in 1911. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_number_counter admin_label=”Number Counter” title=”First Aquarium” number=”1893″ percent_sign=”off” custom_padding=”|||” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] The first Aquarium opened in Chicago, 1893. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_number_counter admin_label=”Number Counter” title=”Cities Laser Tag Source has Shipped to” number=”76″ percent_sign=”off” background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px” number_text_color=”#ffffff” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_code admin_label=”Code”]<iframe src=”https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1I0QTcTnhUAVBGPHZxNTIg_vTTgo” width=”100%” height=”480″><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” padding_mobile=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Links” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n

  More Information<\/h3>\n

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