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Walter Payton had the flu when he broke the NFL record with 275 rushing yards when Chicago played Minn 11/20/77.
Corey Dillon broke this record in 2000 rushing for 278 yards Cincinnati vs Denver (10-22-2000)
The record was then broken by Jamal Lewis in 2003 (295), and again in 2007 by Adrian Peterson (296) against the San Diego (and LaDainian Tomlinson) amazingly in his rookie season.
It's against the law in Chicago to eat in a place that is on fire.
Walter Payton, known as "Sweetness" for his smooth style, until 2002 was the leading National Football League (NFL) rusher of all time, with a career total of 16,726 yards.
Walter Payton played all 13 years of his professional career with the Chicago Bears winning a championship in 1985.
Payton died of a rare liver disease in 1999. He was remembered as both a great player and a great man.
George Ferris built the first Ferris wheel for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago as America's answer to the Eiffel Tower.
Chicago dyes the Chicago River green every St. Patrick's Day.
In 1900, engineers reversed the flow of the Chicago River to keep sewage out of Lake Michigan, the city's drinking water source.
Chicago's Willis Tower, formerly the Sears Tower, was the tallest building in the world from 1973 to 1998.
The Home Insurance Building in Chicago, completed in 1885, is often called the world's first skyscraper.
Route 66 begins in Chicago.
Deep-dish pizza was invented at Pizzeria Uno in Chicago in 1943.
The capital of Illinois is Springfield, not Chicago.
House music gets its name from the Warehouse club in Chicago, where DJ Frankie Knuckles played.
Chicago has a large untitled Picasso sculpture, installed in 1967.
The chrysanthemum is Chicago's official flower.
Swami Vivekananda became famous after his 1893 speech at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, which he opened with the words "Sisters and Brothers of America."
The first Ferris wheel, built by engineer George Ferris, debuted at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago as America's answer to the Eiffel Tower.
The first hospital blood bank in the US opened at Cook County Hospital in Chicago in 1937, and its founder coined the term "blood bank."