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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Ah, yes, the founding of Chicago

[–] Draghetta@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years 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.

[–] Synthuir@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 1 points 2 years ago

omg, how disgusting. how does that even happen?