Was Chicago Built On A Swamp?

The Problem. In the middle of the 19th century, Chicago was not the shining, modern metropolis it is today. The city was only 4 feet above Lake Michigan at most, built on a swamp. The powers that be hadn’t really thought about how to ensure water and sewage drained properly. […]

How Far North Did The Civil War Go?

Throughout those four years battles raged all over the southern United States, stretching as far west as the Mississippi River and as far north as Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Fighting was concentrated in two main areas. What was the farthest North battle of the Civil War? The northernmost battle of the Civil […]

How Does Illinois Make Money?

As shown in Figure 1, the Federal Government is the largest single source of revenue for the State of Illinois, due in large part to programs such as Medicaid that are jointly funded between the state and federal government. Income tax and sales tax are also large parts of the […]

What Are The Coldest Months?

December through February features the coldest temperatures of the year in most of the United States. What month of winter is the coldest? Since the amount of sunlight is at its minimum at the winter solstice, which occurs around December 22, you might expect that day to be the coldest […]

Is March Cold In Chicago?

HOW COLD IS CHICAGO IN MARCH? March begins cold in Chicago when early morning low temperatures will likely be in the mid-20s F (-4C to -3C) with a few of the colder mornings dropping down to near 15 F (-9C) or less. Daytime highs early in the month will tend […]

When Was The Last Blizzard In Illinois?

An initial period of light accumulating snow occurred from the evening of January 31st into the morning of February 1st, including lake effect snowfall over northeastern Illinois.January 31-February 2, 2011 Historic Blizzard. Rockford, IL Date Time Snowfall Amount (inches) 2/2 12AM-6AM 3.0 6AM-12PM 0.4 When was the last big snowstorm […]

What’S The Hottest It Can Get?

2,556,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s the highest possible temperature that matter can attain, according to conventional physics, and well, it’s been measured to be exactly 1,420,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 degrees Celsius (2,556,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit). What is the hottest heat possible? Theoretically, the Planck Temperature (100 million million million million million degrees C) is the […]