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    Chicago’s Cycling Craze of 1896

    “Get a bicycle,” Mark Twain wrote in 1884. “You will not regret it, if you live.” The famous author might not have enjoyed his time on two wheels, but his readers did. In fact, the whole of America did. The end of the 19th century…

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    Have Squirrels Declared War on Cyclists?

    Cute harmless nut-harvesting little creatures with big beady eyes and fluffy tails. That are probably the first thoughts that come to your mind when you think of squirrels. But for one of Chicago’s aldermen this probably changed forever when he was ambushed by one while…