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The Chicago River is the only river on earth that flows backwards. Reversed in 1900, it’s considered one of the 20th century's top engineering wonders by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Each year on the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day, the 156-mile river is dyed green.
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