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| Illinois Facts |
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Illinois had two capital cities, Kaskaskia, and Vandalia before Springfield. |
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The NFL's Chicago Bears were first known as the "Staley Bears". They were organized in 1920, in Decatur, Illinois. |
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Chicago, Illinois' first African American mayor, Harold Washington, took office in 1983. |
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