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Illinois had a lot of interesting facts. First I would like to write about Sue the dinosaur. She is kept in the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. Sue is the biggest dinosaur known to mankind, but she is just bones now. However, she has a complete skeleton. If you ever visit her remember to look at her bird like feet, her huge legs, and her terrifying teeth. Sue is 42 foot long from head to tail and has a five foot long scull. This T Rex was found in 1990 by Sue Hendrickson.

Another Illinois fact is that the ice cream sundae was originate in Evanston, Illinois. The ice cream soda is the first cousin to the ice cream sundae. Having an ice cream soda after church was always a town favorite for Evanston. The children would get their ice cream sodas at the soda fountains in the drug stores. All of the adults in the town thought it was not right to be having ice cream sodas on the Sabbath. A law was passed that there would be no selling of ice cream sodas on Sunday in Evanston. For the drug stores to get away from this law, they sold the ice cream sodas with out the soda. The substitute was just ice cream with syrup on it. The people of Evanston called it a Sunday after the day on which it was sold. The religious leaders didn’t want to name the tasty treat after the Sabbath day, so they spelled it “Sundae”.

Fact List

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· Capital: Springfield; Population 12,713,634

· Statehood: December 3, 1818 – 21st state admitted

· State Bird: Cardinal

· Flower: Native Violet

· Tree: White Oak

· Fruit: Apple

· State Song: Illinois

· State snack food: Popcorn

· First skyscraper- Home Insurance Building. Chicago, 1885

· First aquarium- John G. Shedd Aquarium

· Tallest building in U.S. Sears Tower

Resources

Netstate.com  museum.state.il.us  50states.com  destination360  Ask.com  fieldmuseum.com