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• Illinois, the Land of Lincoln, was the first state to abolish slavery.

• Twinkies were first invented in River Forest, IL in 1930.

• The name “Illinois” means “ordinary speaker.”

• Feral parakeets from South America have made Chicago their home.

• The Chicago River is one of the few rivers of the world that flows backward.

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• Des Plaines - Wheelbarrows with For-Sale signs may not be chained to trees.

• Cicero - Humming on public streets is prohibited on Sundays.

• Chicago - It's illegal to serve liquor to the feeble-minded.

• You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one dollar bill on your person.

• Normal - it's not or legal to make faces at dogs.

• Chicago - Women over 200 pounds to ride horses in shorts.

• Eureka - A man with a moustache may not kiss a woman.

• Galesburg - There is a $1,000 dollar fine for beating rats with baseball bats.

• Kenilworth - A rooster must step back three hundred feet from any residence if he wishes to crow.

• Park Ridge - Trucks may only park inside closed garages.

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• Aurora - Lifesize Mastodon Statue - A lifesize Mastodon statue resides at Phillips Park Zoo in Aurora Illinois. Mastodon fossils and bones have been found here.

• Alton - Ruins of Civil War Military Prison - Limestone blocks made up a corner wall of the first Illinois State Penitentiary opened in 1833.

• A replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa stands in the town of Niles.

• Cahokia, the first permanent settlement in Illinois, was a fur-trading post established in 1699.

• Collinsville - The world's largest bottle of catsup is a national landmark.

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