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| Illinois Facts |
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On December 2, 1942 in Illinois, Enrico Fermi and a small band of scientists and engineers demonstrated that a simple construction of graphite bricks and uranium lumps could produce controlled heat. |
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Chicago's Mercy Hospital was the first hospital opened in Illinois. |
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The ice cream "sundae" was named in Evanston, Illinois. |
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