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Fun fact, it's not the windy city, named after wind, it's the windy city, named after winding up screw jacks to raise a significant amount of the city by severa
by TheRealPomax 4y ago
Fun fact, it's not the windy city, named after wind, it's the windy city, named after winding up screw jacks to raise a significant amount of the city by several feet. Yep: you've been saying it wrong your whole life.
- BuckyBeaver 4y agoYou don't actually believe that, do you? It's not about natural wind; that part is true. But "windy city" refers to all the hot air expelled by the promoters of Chicago as host of the 1893 World's Fair.